When Privacy Concerns and Deceptive Marketing Issues Intersect
Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
In May 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against New England Coffee Company for allegedly misleadingly marketing its Hazelnut Crème Coffee as containing hazelnuts when, according to the plaintiffs, the coffee does not contain any hazelnuts and, instead, is flavored with artificial and natural ingredients. (Dumont et al v. Reily Foods Company and New England Coffee Company, Case No. 18-cv-10907, D. Mass.)
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Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
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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…