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November 13, 2022
FTC and software company operating internet-based telephone services proposed court order includes a $100 million fine, following FTC suit alleging software company participated in illegal dark patterns and charged junk fees. FTC alleged company made difficult to cancel plans.
November 10, 2022
Best Media Info: As per Kapoor, CEO and Secretary General, ASCI, the dark patterns like drip pricing, trick questions, nagging, disguised ads, bait and switch are the latest threat to consumer protection| Advertising News
November 9, 2022
Internet telephone services provider Vonage agreed to pay the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a hefty $100 million to settle the agency’s lawsuit…
November 9, 2022
Federal Trade Commission announced proposed order to settle action against internet phone service provider Vonage that would require Vonage to pay $100 million in refunds to customers harmed by practices FTC alleged included dark patterns difficult customers to cancel service
November 8, 2022
On November 3, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that it has entered into a consent order with internet phone service provider Vonage to settle allegations that it...
October 28, 2022
CFPB sued a software company for utilizing their online payment platform to enroll unknowing consumers into annual subscriptions through deceptive acts and dark pattern techniques in violation of the CFPA and EFTA.
October 25, 2022
California lawmakers passed a new potentially transformative children's privacy law. The new measure, the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act ("CAADCA" or "Act")...
October 24, 2022
On October 18, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a complaint in a Texas federal court against Active Network LLC (Active) for allegedly tricking people, when trying...
October 21, 2022
CFPB sued software company that manages online payment platforms for using unlawful enrollment practices to cause unknowing consumers to automatically enroll in annual subscriptions, making over $300 million from approximately three million consumers through dark patterns.
October 20, 2022
The sinister side of behavioral science in product design.