Breaking News: FTC Issues Report on Undercover Phone Pricing Sweeps

Breaking News: FTC Issues Report on Undercover Phone Pricing Sweeps Today FTC Staff issued a report on the Commission’s undercover Funeral Rule phone sweep it conducted in 2023 (www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/staff-report_-calling-for-funeral-services.pdf). The report presents the FTC’s findings on its ability to obtain price information from funeral providers by phone from the agency’s […] Read More

The FTC Chair is Worried Airlines Will Use AI to Target Bereaved Travelers

The FTC Chair is Worried Airlines Will Use AI to Target Bereaved Travelers Like it or not, artificial intelligence (AI) is here, and little by little, it’s infiltrating deathcare. For the most part, this is a good thing, as AI-powered tools like Tribute’s and Passare’s obituary writers free up time […] Read More

Here’s an upcoming webinar on the potential new FTC Funeral Rule

Join Johnson Consulting Group on Friday March 15th at noon Central Time for an essential webinar about the new requirements under the FTC Funeral Rule. This webinar entitled, “Mastering FTC Funeral Rule Compliance” will be hosted by Johnson Consulting’s Nelson Thulin and also feature Poul Lemasters and […] Read More

Dead Ringers Launches Online Course in Response to FTC Phone Sweep

Dead Ringers Launches Online Course in Response to FTC Phone Sweep Cincinnati, Ohio – Dead Ringers unveils new on-demand online course to provide training, education, and practical understanding of FTC phone compliance for every person involved in the funeral industry. Dead Ringers has always been training to FTC compliance—but the […] Read More

Dead Ringers Responds to the Importance of FTC Phone Compliance

Dead Ringers Responds to the Importance of FTC Phone Compliance Cincinnati, Ohio – In support of the Deathcare Profession, Dead Ringers is planning three free informative virtual training sessions on the key discussion elements in a pricing call. The complimentary webinars will take place on February 9, 2024, at 12pm, 1pm, […] Read More

FTC Undercover Phone Sweep Results in Warning Letters to 39 Funeral Homes

FTC Undercover Phone Sweep Results in Warning Letters to 39 Funeral Homes The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a list of funeral homes that, in the view of FTC staffers, violated the Funeral Rule. In what the FTC refers to as “the agency’s first undercover phone sweep,” calls to […] Read More

Rite Aid “covert surveillance program” falsely ID’d customers as shoplifters, FTC says

Rite Aid is banned from using facial recognition surveillance technology for five years to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect consumers in hundreds of its stores, the agency said Tuesday. Rite Aid used a “covert surveillance program” based on AI to ID potential shoplifters from 2012 […] Read More

Americans reported $2.7 billion in losses from scams on social media, FTC says

Online fraudsters have taken billions of dollars from Americans in recent years and they are using social media to do it. Since 2021, Americans lost $2.7 billion in scams from social media, the Federal Trade Commission said in a scam report published Friday. And that figure is only a fraction of […] Read More

Hiltzik: Can the FTC rein in Amazon’s monopolistic practices?

Few Amazon customers or sellers could be surprised by most of the allegations in the massive lawsuit filed against the company Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states. The lawsuit accuses Amazon of a host of anti-competitive practices, all aimed at exploiting its enormous footprint in the online […] Read More

How to (& Why) Watch the FTC Funeral Rule Workshop Tomorrow

How to (& Why) Watch the FTC Funeral Rule Workshop Tomorrow If you’re curious about the status of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) review of proposed changes to the Funeral Rule, the agency is offering an excellent opportunity to find out where it stands. Shopping for Funeral Services: An FTC […] Read More