FTC-PR-240223-2 FTC Takes Action Against Tax Prep Company H&R Block For Wiping Consumers’ Data, Deceptively Marketing ‘Free’ Online Filing – Complaint outlines unfair deletion of tax data when consumers attempt to downgrade to more affordable products The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against tax preparation company H&R Block for unfairly deleting consumers’ tax data […]
Category: Deceptive Marketing
FTC-PR-240220-1 (Feb. 20, 2024) FTC Sends Almost 160,000 Claim Forms to Consumers Who Could Receive Money Under a Settlement with LasikPlus Providers Over Deceptive Price Advertising The Federal Trade Commission is sending claim forms to consumers who may have been misled by deceptive bait-and-switch advertising by Ohio-based LCA-Vision, doing business as LasikPlus and Joffe MediCenter […]
FTC-PR-240215-1 (Feb. 15, 2024) FTC Order Will Ban California-based Company from COVID-19 Advertising Claims – Case was part of the Commission’s efforts to combat COVID-related health fraud The Federal Trade Commission today announced a proposed settlement that would ban California-based Precision Patient Outcomes, Inc. (PPO) and the company’s CEO Margrett Priest Lewis from claiming that […]
FTC-PR-240124-1 (Jan. 24, 2025) FTC Acts to Stop FloatMe’s Deceptive ‘Free Money’ Promises, Discriminatory Cash Advance Practices, and Baseless Claims around Algorithmic Underwriting – Order requires FloatMe to provide $3 million for refunds, clean up advertising, halt use of dark patterns to impede cancellation, and institute a fair lending program The Federal Trade Commission is […]