FTC Act Section 5, unfair or deceptive practices in AI and data
15 U.S.C. § 45 · Read 2026-08-15
In force. The agency applies the section case by case, including to claims made about AI systems and to how data is collected and used.
Identifier
- Identifier
- 15 U.S.C. § 45
- Level
- Federal
- Status
- In force
- Adopted
- 1914-09-26
- Applies from
- 1914-09-26
- Supervisory bodies
- FTC
Named requirements
Deceptive practices
Statements that mislead a reasonable consumer, including performance claims about AI features.
Unfair practices
Practices that cause substantial injury consumers cannot reasonably avoid.
Orders and remedies
Consent orders, deletion of data and models, and reporting duties following an action.
Official source
EU acts on the same ground
- CELEX 32024R1689
The EU text sets requirements before a system is placed on the market. The US section is applied afterwards, to conduct and to claims.
United States case law
4 decisions · Read from CourtListener, Free Law Project on 2026-08-22.
- Intuit v. FTC
5th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Lozano v. AT & T Wireless Services, Inc.
504 F.3d 7189th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Federal Trade Commission v. Tashman
318 F.3d 127311th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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- Federal Trade Commission v. University Health, Inc.
938 F.2d 120611th Cir.Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome
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Change monitoring
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Register | FTC, 15 U.S.C. § 45 |
| Publisher | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| Last read | 2026-08-15 |
| Interval | Every 30 days |
| Next re-read | 2026-09-14 |
| Status | Re-read overdue |
Row history
Dated events concerning this exact row, newest first. No event appears here without a date in a primary source.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Row read against the official publication | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| 1914-09-26 | Adopted under 15 U.S.C. § 45 | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
| 1914-09-26 | Date of application according to the publisher | U.S. Federal Trade Commission |
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15 U.S.C. § 45, FTC Act Section 5, unfair or deceptive practices in AI and data. NovaCopilot, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/regler/ftc-ai-data-enforcement (hämtad 2026-10-14, bevis sha256:4c0b9582b6b5013d, bygge legal-2026-10-14).
- sha256:
- 4c0b9582b6b5013de471ee8056c1e310d5b6c98146df3fe740b846ca813cbe5c
- hämtad:
- 2026-10-14
- source_confidence:
- official
- bygge:
- legal-2026-10-14
- officiell källa:
- https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/15/45
Official publication. The address points to the authority or court that published the row. U.S. Government Publishing Office, govinfo.
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Verifiable trust signals
- Six fixed blocks, one source per line
- No sentence written by a language model
- Engine version and read date on every answer
- No customer data, no documents, no advice
- Model card and audit published under the EU AI Act