Adobe Settles DOJ Lawsuit over Deceptive Subscription Practices
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
In December 2015, a class-action lawsuit was filed against SneakPeek for allegedly deceptively marketing SneakPeek Early Gender Test as having the ability to scientifically determine the gender of an unborn baby (before a sonogram is able to do so) with 99% accuracy when, in reality, the product does not work as advertised and the results are closer to 60% accurate. (Main et al v. Gateway Genomics, LLC dba SneakPeek and Does 1-20, Case No. 15-cv-2945, S. D. CA.)
Software maker will pay a $75 million fine and provide “affected consumers” with free services.
Order puts platforms like Amazon and Walmart on notice.
Advertised “best deal ever” comes with some caveats.
Using disability-related words as insults is a thing of the past.
Before paying a company for something, know all your options.