Videos
Endorsement Guides
Do your ads use endorsements or testimonials? The FTC’s endorsement guides establish guidelines for advertisers.
Green Guides
If you’re making claims about the environmental benefits of your products, you must back them up with competent and reliable scientific evidence. The FTC’s Green Guides explain how truth-in-advertising principles apply to green claims.
Complying with the CAN-SPAM Act
Explains seven things businesses that use email to promote their products or services need to know to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act.
The Business Opportunity Rule
If you sell business opportunities, the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule requires that you give potential buyers a one-page disclosure document.
Protecting Your Business from Fraud
Protect your business from con artists who try to fool you into paying for office supplies, business directory listings, or Internet services you haven't ordered.
Debt Collection
If you’re in the debt collection business, it’s up to you to comply with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
The Business Center Is Your Link to the Law
The Business Center is your link to the law. It gives you and your employees the tools you need to comply. Learn how you can use the free resources to enhance compliance and build your customers’ trust.
Debt Relief Services and the Telemarketing Sales Rule
If your business is involved in debt relief services, learn about complying with amendments to the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
For most companies, using customer and employee information is an everyday part of doing business. If you have this type of sensitive information in your files or on your computer systems, consider the risks of file sharing software and learn what you can do to protect that sensitive information.
Complying with Do Not Call
If you market your products or services by phone – or if someone has hired you to handle their telemarketing for them – it’s a good idea to know about the Do Not Call provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and how to comply.
The Endorsement Guides
Do your ads use endorsements or testimonials? The FTC’s endorsement guides establish guidelines for advertisers.
Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business (interactive tutorial)
Safeguarding sensitive data is just plain good business. Are you taking steps to protect personal information? To learn more about how you can implement these principles in your business, take the full 20-minute interactive tutorial.
Here's a one-minute snippet to give you a flavor of the tutorial:
Fraud: An Inside Look
Thinking about buying a business? Learn what questions to ask to help you determine if a business opportunity is a scam or the real deal.
How to File a Complaint
Have you spotted a scam? Or been ripped off? Complain to the Federal Trade Commission and help put the bad guys out of business.
Cómo presentar una queja
¿Ha visto un engaño? ¿O lo han estafado? Quéjese ante la Comisión Federal de Comercio y ayude a detener a los estafadores.
Lidiando con recolectores de deuda
Cuando se trata de recolección de deudas, la gente tiene derechos. Y los cobradores de deudas también tienen reglas que deben seguir.