
How TINA.org Readers Helped Us Hold Deceptive Marketers Accountable in 2023
Consumer tips worth remembering.
In April 2017, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Carbonite, Inc. (a company that sells subscriptions for cloud and data backup protection) for allegedly deceptively marketing its automatic renewal and continuous service offers by failing to clearly disclose the terms of such offers resulting in consumers being charged without their consent. (Johnson et al v. Carbonite, Inc. and Does 1-10, Case No. 17-at-411, E. D. CA.)
For more information about other class-action lawsuits regarding negative option offers and TINA.org’s coverage of the issue, click here.
Consumer tips worth remembering.
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