Opportunities FTC Internet fraud in the health field Cure.All continuation of the operation.
New cases of Target Trügerische Hi-Tech-selling techniques of Internet fraud continues to plague health of consumers seeking solutions to serious health disorders. The Federal Trade Commission announced today, three separate settlements with companies of the Internet and its principal officers. The products include cetylmyristoleate (CMO) and Essiac tea. The FTC alleges that these companies that their products touted treatment or effective cures for various diseases, including arthritis, cancer, diabetes and AIDS, without sufficient justification to support applications. In addition, the FTC remedies against companies using different types of sophisticated Internet, as meta-tags, hyperlinks and mouseovers to mislead consumers about the effectiveness of their products.The Arizona Attorney General also announced a solution with a Scottsdale-based homeopathist, unfounded allegations made in its advertising on the Internet for therapy intravenous hydrogen peroxide.
The cases announced today the results of Operation Cure.All “- a constant federal and judicial authorities and the campaign educating consumers in June 1999, upon receipt of health claims on the Internet. L Last year, the Commission announced, surf the Internet, has identified more than 400 suspect sites represent claims on sales of products for the treatment of serious diseases. At present, measures law enforcement authorities of destination sites in previous Internet surfing.
“The actions to promote the addition of these” miracle “treatments are really wrong, because they have on humans, very serious if not fatal, health conditions,” said Jodie Bernstein, director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “In a time when the health of many consumers use the Web as a source of information, it is important to remember that data must be accurate legal standards, whether in the newspaper, on television.
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