The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds to consumers it says bought into fake health plans falsely marketed by Benefytt Technologies as comprehensive health insurance or an Obamacare plan under the Affordable Care Act. Benefytt, operating under various names such as Health Insurance Innovations...
More than $115 million in refunds are being sent to consumers nationwide as a result of a 2018 action the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice brought against MoneyGram for failing to crack down on scammers using their payment system. The 2018 action charged that MoneyG...
Fortnite-maker Epic Games will pay a $275 million penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that the company violated federal children’s privacy rules and another $245 to consumers for using so-called manipulative “dark patterns” in its billing practices. The penalty and refund, to...
The brief notes that “in 2018 alone, the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection issued more than $122 million in refunds to consumers throughout the country” and asserted that their “own enforcement efforts are fortified by having a strong federal partner in the FTC.” In addition, the ...
LLC v. Federal Trade Commission. The report urges Congress to act immediately to restore the FTC’s Section 13(b) authority in order to “meaningfully protect consumers and businesses.” The report notes that from 2016 to 2020 alone, “American consumers received $11.2 billion in refunds from ...
to pay $7.8 million to provide partial refunds to consumers. Also in 2023, the FTC banned GoodRx from sharing sensitive health data with applicable third parties for advertising and also required the company to pay a civi...
Office Depot has agreed to pay $25 million while its software supplier, Support.com, Inc., has agreed to pay $10 million as part of their settlements with the FTC. The FTC intends to use these funds to provide refunds to consumers. In its complaint, the FTC alleges that Support.com...
to costs, product efficacy, free trial claims, processing or shipping fees, billing information use, deadlines, consumer authorization, refunds, cancellation or any other material representation. This change will permit the FTC to broadly enforce and seek greater civil penalties foranymisreprese...
The FTC became involved when consumers requested refunds and an end to the subscription charges. That is when the FTC filed suit. The parties agreed to a consent order where NutraClick agreed to clearly and conspicuously place the following information near the billing information fields: ...
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