CATrends: Deceptive Tactics Used to Market Subscriptions
Lawsuits allege companies fail to make adequate disclosures.
Weather Channel App
In June 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against TWC Product and Technology for allegedly misleadingly representing that the Weather Channel app collects data from users to provide them with better personalized local weather information without disclosing that it sells the data to third parties for advertising and marketing purposes. (Hart et al v. TWC Product and Technology LLC, Case No. 20-cv-3842, N.D. Cal.)
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