When Privacy Concerns and Deceptive Marketing Issues Intersect
Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
A class-action lawsuit was filed against Fry’s Electronics and Nuance Communications for allegedly falsely advertising that the Dragon Naturally Speaking software can recognize speech with 99% accuracy. The lawsuit was originally filed in state court in August 2012 and transferred to federal court in October 2012. (Michael Nathan v. Frys Electronics, Inc., et al., Case No. 12-cv-08677)
Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
FTC alleges company pressures consumers into overpaying for its tax filing software.
Bogus report leads to unapproved health claims.
Lawsuits take aim at so-called non-disparagement clauses.
The consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has published the results of a yearslong investigation into the multilevel marketing (MLM) industry that found widespread use of deceptive income claims to promote…