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Bump Boxes: Monthly Pregnancy Subscription Gifts

Class Action

Bump Boxes: Monthly Pregnancy Subscription Gifts

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions

Subscriptions to Terra’s Kitchen

Class Action

Subscriptions to Terra’s Kitchen

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions

Subscriptions to Simple Habit Meditation Products

Class Action

Subscriptions to Simple Habit Meditation Products

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions

Time’s Magazine Subscriptions

Class Action

Time’s Magazine Subscriptions

Allegations: Offering free or discounted magazines for a specific period of time without adequately disclosing that consumers are enrolled in a program that automatically renews subscriptions

Subscriptions to Reader’s Digest and Other Magazines

Class Action

Subscriptions to Reader’s Digest and Other Magazines

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that subscriptions to magazines will be automatically renewed

Promotional Subscriptions from Gannett Co.

Class Action

Promotional Subscriptions from Gannett Co.

Allegations: Misleadingly promising new customers will pay reduced rates for promotional subscriptions for a specific period of time when the company increases the monthly rates before the promotional period ends

TINA.org Reports Online Retailer FabKids to Regulators; Investigation Reveals Deceptive Marketing of Negative-Option Offer

Press Release

TINA.org Reports Online Retailer FabKids to Regulators; Investigation Reveals Deceptive Marketing of Negative-Option Offer

MADISON, CONN. August 30, 2021 – With ads for a blockbuster “2 pairs from $9.95” sale on kids shoes, online footwear and clothing retailer FabKids knows how to lure in…

FabKids’ Back-to-School Ads Mislead Parents

Consumer News

FabKids’ Back-to-School Ads Mislead Parents

Online retailer deceptively advertises members-only prices, TINA.org investigation finds.

FYE’s Free VIP Memberships and Magazine Subscriptions

Class Action

FYE’s Free VIP Memberships and Magazine Subscriptions

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose material terms of subscriptions

MoviePass: Rediscovering the Magic of ROSCA

Blog

MoviePass: Rediscovering the Magic of ROSCA

FTC using every arrow in its quiver to go after bad actors.

ROSCA Comment

Regulatory/Congressional Actions

ROSCA Comment

TINA.org submitted a comment supporting the FTC’s broader use of ROSCA to pursue deceptive acts.

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

Press Release

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

MADISON, CONN. June 21, 2021 – Despite a $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in February 2021, publishing giant Monument & Cathedral Holdings, better known as Agora, and…

The Cost of Doing Business

Consumer News

The Cost of Doing Business

Comparing the amount companies agree to pay to settle deceptive marketing charges with their annual revenue.

Federal officials look to crack down on deceptive subscription marketing practices at broad range of firms

Media Coverage

Federal officials look to crack down on deceptive subscription marketing practices at broad range of firms

Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post

The Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism

Ad Alert

The Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism

“Free” guide harbors future charges that aren’t disclosed in a frightening email to parents and grandparents.

What I Discovered When I Looked into Sarah’s Discovery

Blog

What I Discovered When I Looked into Sarah’s Discovery

Just because a weight-loss product or program is all over Instagram doesn’t mean it should be trusted

Bitdefender’s Antivirus Software

Class Action

Bitdefender’s Antivirus Software

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that programs automatically renew resulting in consumers being charged without consent

iTalk Global Communications

Class Action

iTalk Global Communications

Allegations: iTalk’s international communication and television services violate California law

Free Trials of Audible AudioBooks

Class Action

Free Trials of Audible AudioBooks

Allegations: Audible’s “free” trials of audiobooks violate California law

Dermaset

Class Action

Dermaset

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that consumers who pay for shipping and handling of “free” cosmetics will be enrolled in an automatic renewal offer

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Bump Boxes: Monthly Pregnancy Subscription Gifts

Subscriptions to Terra’s Kitchen

Subscriptions to Simple Habit Meditation Products

Time’s Magazine Subscriptions

Subscriptions to Reader’s Digest and Other Magazines

Promotional Subscriptions from Gannett Co.

TINA.org Reports Online Retailer FabKids to Regulators; Investigation Reveals Deceptive Marketing of Negative-Option Offer

FabKids’ Back-to-School Ads Mislead Parents

FYE’s Free VIP Memberships and Magazine Subscriptions

MoviePass: Rediscovering the Magic of ROSCA

ROSCA Comment

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

The Cost of Doing Business

Federal officials look to crack down on deceptive subscription marketing practices at broad range of firms

The Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism

What I Discovered When I Looked into Sarah’s Discovery

Bitdefender’s Antivirus Software

iTalk Global Communications

Free Trials of Audible AudioBooks

Dermaset