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Venmo

Ad Alert

Venmo

Mobile payment app settles charges it misled consumers about availability of funds.

iTriage App

Ad Alert

iTriage App

Health care app makes changes to data collection disclosures following self-regulatory review.

Surfshark Subscriptions

Class Action

Surfshark Subscriptions

Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose that subscriptions automatically renew and making it difficult to cancel

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU)

Resources

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU)

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU), a unit of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council, is the advertising industry’s primary self-regulatory organization responsible for monitoring ad content – across all media channels…

Facebook’s Tracking Cookies

Consumer News

Facebook’s Tracking Cookies

Facebook’s list of privacy abuses in 2011 seemed to grow by the minute.  Tech savvy users of the 800 million-strong network reported that A browser or web cookie collects and…

Rise of the Supercookie

Consumer News

Rise of the Supercookie

You don’t just have to worry about cookies anymore. Now you have to worry about super cookies. Online advertiser, ScanScout, reached a settlement with the FTC on November 8, 2011…

“Low Cost” Internet Access Can Really Add Up

Consumer News

“Low Cost” Internet Access Can Really Add Up

There are many considerations when it comes to choosing an Internet service provider – type (cable, dial-up, DSL, or satellite), speed, price, hardware needed, reliability, and level of support. When…

Entertainment Software Association

Consumer Basics

Entertainment Software Association

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is an association based in D.C. that is exclusively dedicated to serving video game companies.  The group lobbies Congress and other legislative bodies extensively in…

Network Advertising Initiative

Consumer Basics

Network Advertising Initiative

The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) is a self-regulatory coalition of online advertising companies, including AOL Advertising, Google, Microsoft Corporation, and Yahoo! Inc.  The organization was established in 2000 amid increasing…

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