Match wasn’t letting paid subscribers obtain emails from these shady accounts. The FTC additionally accused Match of failing to correctly disclose the hoops dateless customers want to leap by to qualify for a free six-month subscription. Match additionally did not present a easy strategy to cancel, officers stated, and those who disputed costs by their […]
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Vape brand Juul is reportedly at the center of a criminal probe
This will likely be one other unwelcome problem for the quickly-growing firm, which has come below fireplace for the methods its modern vaporizers have discovered enchantment with younger individuals. The Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a number of other different state lawyer generals are already investigating the firm’s advertising and marketing […]
Facebook suspends tens of thousands of data-scraping apps
Some of these apps had been suspended for inappropriately sharing knowledge, making knowledge out there with out defending customers’ identities or violating different Facebook insurance policies. They embody apps like myPersonality, the beforehand suspended app utilized by Cambridge Analytica. But not all of the suspended apps posed an lively risk to customers. Many weren’t stay, […]
Google to settle YouTube child privacy violations for up to $200 million
The FTC approved the fine last month, but this is the first time the dollar amount has been reported. At the moment, details on the other terms of the settlement are unavailable. Just last week, we learned that YouTube is allegedly planning to ban targeted ads on videos aimed at children. It’s unclear if YouTube’s […]
The FTC is reportedly investigating Juul’s teen marketing tactics
Critics have said the company’s marketing campaigns make the brand attractive to teens. According to federal data, vaping among teens jumped 78 percent from 2017 to 2018. But the company says it has never marketed to youth and that its target market is existing adult smokers. The company previously came under fire for ads on […]
AT&T and FTC settle lawsuit over data throttling
The case very nearly didn’t go forward in the first place. An appeals court effectively tossed the lawsuit in 2016 on the grounds that AT&T’s common carrier status exempted it from disclosing its throttling activity. In 2018, however, a federal court decided that the FTC could proceed with the case after noting that AT&T’s data […]