- IAB, Cable Lobby, Others Ask Court To Block Click-To-Cancel Rules
Raw, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2024
The FTC's click-to-cancel rules require companies to let consumers cancel subscriptions throu ...
- Senators Press House To Vote On Kids Safety Bill
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Six U.S. Senators are urging Republican leaders of the House of Representativ ...
- GoodRx Agrees To $25 Million Privacy Settlement
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 2, 2024
Drug discounter GoodRx has agreed to pay $25 million to settle clai ...
- News/Media Alliance Protests Against Changes In Google's Reputation Abuse Policy
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 2, 2024
The letter to the DOJ and FTC argues that the changes wi ...
- 80% Of U.S. Consumers Are Either Negatively, Positively Influenced By Reviews
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. consumers say they always look at online us ...
- Amazon Must Face Consumers' Antitrust Claims
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Siding against Amazon, a federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss ...
- Antitrust Complaints Could Prompt Microsoft Cloud Business Investigation By FTC
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 15, 2024
Two months after Google filed an antitrust complaint in Brussels against Microsof ...
- House Republicans Urge FTC To Halt 'Controversial' Work
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 8, 2024
"As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, the F ...
- Review Platform Sitejabber Inflated Clients' Ratings, FTC Alleges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sitejabber allegedly boosted its e-commerce clients' ratings by soliciting, and then postin ...
- FTC Fights Kochava's Bid To Dodge Privacy Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 31, 2024
Kochava and its subsidiary "waste the court's and the parties' time a ...
- Google Urges Court To Dismiss Yelp's Antitrust Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
"The four-year statute of limitations applicable to Yelp's claims ran long ago ...
- IAB, Cable Lobby Challenge Click-To-Cancel Regulations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 24, 2024
Business groups including the IAB and NCTA are suing to invalidate n ...
- Michigan Newspapers Sue Over FTC Click-To-Cancel Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The regulations are "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion," say t ...
- FTC Requires Newspapers, Gyms And Others To Offer 'Simple' Cancellation Methods
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The FTC said Wednesday that companies must allow consumers to cancel subscriptio ...
- Kochava Settles Class-Action Complaints Over Location Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Mobile data broker Kochava on Tuesday told a federal judge that ...
- ANA Criticizes FTC's 'Commercial Surveillance' Report
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 10, 2024
The FTC's recent report about online privacy "failed to discuss or acknowled ...
- Watchdog Seeks Probe Of CTV Ad Targeting
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 7, 2024
CTV "has become a major focal point for the commercial surveillance marketi ...
- Amazon Must Face FTC Antitrust Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 2, 2024
U.S. District Court Judge John Chun in Seattle is allowing the F ...
- AI Company Rytr Enabled Users To Create Fake Reviews, FTC Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 25, 2024
The artificial intelligence company Rytr, which generates testimonials and other written materia ...
- Google Can't Dodge Privacy Claims By Fertility App Users
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Siding against Google, a federal judge has rejected the company's request ...
- FTC Blasts 'Commercial Surveillance Ecosystem,' Calls For New Laws
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 19, 2024
Targeted advertising "can pose serious privacy risks to consumers," the FTC sa ...
- Washington, D.C. Antitrust Claims Against Amazon Reinstated By Court
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 23, 2024
An appellate court has revived the Washington, D.C. attorney general's charges th ...
- Yelp Speaks Out On FTC Fake Comment Ruling
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 15, 2024
Yelp, which relies heavily on ratings and comments, has become an outspok ...
- FTC Outlaws Fake Endorsements
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Taking aim at online fakery, the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday bann ...
- TikTok Collected Extensive Data From Children, DOJ Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 2, 2024
TikTok violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act by collecting data fr ...
- FTC Tells Businesses: Identifiers Are Not Anonymous
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 24, 2024
"Companies should not act or claim as if hashing personal information rende ...
- Cameo Settles Charges Over Paid Endorsements
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Cameo, valued at $1 billion in 2021, will pay $100,000 to sett ...
- Republican FTC Commissioner Supports Privacy Charges Against Kochava
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 15, 2024
"When private parties like the defendants disclose precise geolocation information revealing politica ...
- FTC Milestone: Bans Anonymous Messaging App From Serving Minors
MediaDailyNews, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, July 9, 2024
For the first time in U.S. history, the FTC has banned ...
- Lawmakers Urge Justice Department To Investigate TikTok Over Children's Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 2, 2024
"The FTC referral against TikTok is particularly worrisome given its history ...