How Marketers Trick Kids, and Why Parents Should Worry
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
In December 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against College Board (a company that administers standardized tests to students) for allegedly falsely representing to students that providing their personal information could help them get accepted into colleges and receive financial aid when, according to plaintiffs, such claims are not true and College Board actually sold the students’ personal information to third parties. (S. et al v. College Board, Case No. 19-cv-8068, N. D. Ill.)
Herb Weisbaum, Consumers’ Checkbook
TINA.org pulls back the covers on this company’s Made in USA marketing.
Brand partnerships worthy of a big “doom!”
Derek Kravitz, Consumer Reports
Here were some of the worst ads TINA.org investigated this year.