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FTC Sends Refund Checks to Tech Support Scam Victims
FTC Refunding Consumers Defrauded by Cognitive Improvement Claims
FTC Releases 2019 Privacy and Data Security Update
Global Community Innovations LLC, et al. (Geniux)
In April 2019, the FTC announced that 16 defendants settled charges that they deceptively marketed “cognitive improvement” supplements using sham news websites containing false and unsubstantiated efficacy claims, references to non-existent clinical studies, and fraudulent consumer and celebrity endorsements. The FTC also alleged the defendants used affiliate marketers to make deceptive claims for products including Geniux, Xcel, EVO, and Ion-Z. The settlements ban the defendants from engaging in similar conduct in the future. In February 2020, the Commission announced it was sending refund checks totaling over $551,000 to defrauded consumers.
Click4Support, LLC
A federal court has granted a request by the Federal Trade Commission to shut down a tech support scam that allegedly bilked consumers out of more than $17 million by pretending to represent Microsoft, Apple and other major tech companies.
Privacy & Data Security Update for 2019
FTC Staff Provides Annual Letter to CFPB On Equal Credit Opportunity Act Activities
FTC Sending More Than $34 Million in Refunds to Office Depot Customers
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Risk-Based Pricing Rule)
Office Depot, Inc.
Office Depot, Inc. and its tech support software provider Support.com, Inc., settled Federal Trade Commission allegations that the two companies tricked customers into buying millions of dollars' worth of computer repair and technical services by deceptively claiming their software had found malware on the customers' computers.
Information Security and Financial Institutions: FTC Workshop to Examine Safeguards Rule
Defendants Responsible for International Business Coaching Operation to Pay More Than $17 Million in FTC Settlements
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