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PurelyWhite Deluxe Teeth Whitening Kit Ad Alert PurelyWhite Deluxe Teeth Whitening Kit Shining a bright light on this company’s marketing claims.
PetLab Co. Class Action PetLab Co. Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel
Filmora Subscriptions Class Action Filmora Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
Audible Subscriptions Class Action Audible Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of automatically renewing subscriptions, charging consumers without their consent, and making it difficult to cancel
Shapermint Club Memberships Class Action Shapermint Club Memberships Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
Optavia Premier Plans Class Action Optavia Premier Plans Allegations: Using dark patterns to enroll consumers in plans that automatically renew, failing to adequately disclose the terms of plans, and making it difficult to cancel
Consumers Continue to Report DealDash for Deceptive, Predatory Practices Consumer News Consumers Continue to Report DealDash for Deceptive, Predatory Practices Problems persist seven years after TINA.org complaint against penny auction site.
PrettyLittleThing Ad Alert PrettyLittleThing The truth about sales advertised as sitewide can be ugly.
Raymour & Flanigan’s Up To 30% Off Everything Memorial Day Sale Ad Alert Raymour & Flanigan’s Up To 30% Off Everything Memorial Day Sale That is, everything except for 70 brands, among other exclusions.
Coursera Class Action Coursera Allegations: Misleadingly marketing services as free and failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
NordVPN, NordPass, and NordLocker Class Action NordVPN, NordPass, and NordLocker Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel
Orkin’s Free Inspections Ad Alert Orkin’s Free Inspections Pest control company updates marketing to be “clearer” about what it is actually offering.
Public Goods Class Action Public Goods Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel
Ryze Class Action Ryze Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making it difficult to cancel
Hotmart Class Action Hotmart Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making them difficult to cancel
Shutterstock Subscriptions Class Action Shutterstock Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
BetterHelp Subscriptions Class Action BetterHelp Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions and making them difficult to cancel
DAZN Subscriptions Class Action DAZN Subscriptions Allegations: Failing to adequately disclose the terms of subscriptions
Upside Services Referral Program Class Action Upside Services Referral Program Allegations: Offering to pay users every time someone they referred to Upside’s services buys gas when the company modified the terms of its referral program in 2021 and stopped making…