The Federal Trade Commission has announced that social media influencers that are widely followed in the online gaming community have settled charges that they deceptively endorsed the online gambling service, CSGO Lotto, while failing to disclose they jointly owned the company. According to the FTC, beginning in late 2015, the respondents operated and advertised the … Read more
On June 23, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission announced that the remaining defendants behind a “massive landline cramming operation” agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they placed more than $70 million in unauthorized charges on consumers’ phone bills. The settlements with defendants Steven Sann, Terry Lane and the corporate defendants who allegedly operated … Read more
According to the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, a Latvian man made his initial appearance earlier this month in Minneapolis following extradition from Poland for his involvement in an alleged “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website and caused millions of dollars in losses to Internet users. Peteris Sahurovs a/k/a “Piotrek” a/k/a … Read more
Last week Google confirmed intentions to add a Chrome feature designed by default to block certain types of advertisements. In doing so, Google has stated that it will work with publishers to understand the new built-in “filtering” standards and reporting tools. Websites that violate pre-determined acceptability thresholds will simply not have any advertisements displayed. Non-qualifying … Read more
The conclusion of the three year transition period for Canada’s Anti-SPAM law is rapidly approaching. Provisions pertaining to a “private right of action” will soon become effective. The CAN-SPAM Act does not provide for a private right of action and does not regulate text messages. Conversely, any individual that receives an unsolicited commercial electronic message … Read more
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