When Privacy Concerns and Deceptive Marketing Issues Intersect
Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.
In February 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Simple Mills Inc. for allegedly misleadingly marketing its Almond Flour Crackers to make consumers believe that the exclusive flour ingredient in them is almonds when, according to the plaintiffs, the most predominant ingredient in the crackers is a “Nut and Seed Flour Blend” of almonds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds. (Sanabria et al v. Simple Mills Inc., Case No. 18-cv-809, E. D. NY.)
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…