The update, released Oct. 10, followed months of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations in which Republican commissioners won ...

The FTC's new click-to-cancel rule will soon be in effect. Here's what it means for businesses — and their subscribers. Business owners soon will need to give their customers an easy way to ...

“Fake reviews not only waste people’s time and money, but also pollute the marketplace and divert business away from honest ...

The FTC received an average of 21 complaints per day about this issue in 2021, the agency has written. The number was 70 per day by 2024. The Biden administration began working on this policy in ...

The FTC first took action in 2020 against Credit Karma, the credit-monitoring and finance app acquired in 2020 by financial software giant Intuit. The FTC accused the service of misleading ...

The FTC said businesses must also disclose when free trials or other promotional offers will end and let customers end ...

Very few users are offered the full amount advertised, and many are not given an advance at all, the FTC said in the lawsuit filed in federal court. The app appeals to users facing financial ...

Canceling the services has to be “at least as easy” as signing up, with no tricks or traps, the FTC said. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for the White House ...

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, it's a grab-bag of topics, including self-driving wheelchairs, Expedia Group Chairman ...

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