Federal Trade Commission
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust enforcement in the United States with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. It is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, DC.
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See also
- Business opportunity
- Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
- Competition policy
- Competition regulator
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Federal Trade Commission Act
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
- Federal Antimonopoly Service, Russian equivalent
- Franchising
- FTC Fair Information Practices
- FTC regulation of behavioral advertising
- Humphrey's Executor v. United States
- In the Matter of Sears Holdings Management Corporation
- Information broker
- Sweepstakes
- United States v. Google Inc.
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