A lawsuit has been filed against POM Wonderful, LLC, makers of POM pomegranate juice. The POM juice lawsuit claims that the company misled consumers by making unsubstantiated claims regarding the product’s usefulness in the battling cancer, heart disease, and erectile dysfunction. Although POM Wonderful feels as though they’re being held to the same standards as [...]
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Fresh off their $25,000 for allegedly blocking a federal privacy investigation, Google is now the subject of a second federal investigation into its privacy practices that could result in an even bigger hit to the company’s bottom line. The Federal Trade Commission is now investigating the search giant’s actions in bypassing the default privacy settings [...]
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It seems like every year, countless new scams emerge about which web surfers have to be leery. From that wonderful email telling you that you’re perfect for this great new job, as long as you complete a “credit form,” to that email telling you that someone complained about your business to the Better Business Bureau…scams [...]
Today, the Obama administration has addressed the recent revelations about commercial appropriation of consumers’ online data by unveiling a new consumer “Privacy Bill of Rights”. The proposal is meant to provide consumers with more control over how their personal data is used and to help businesses build trust with their customers. The White House has [...]
Google has just announced sweeping changes to its privacy policies that will allow the search behemoth to share user data collected across multiple services, an update that promises to stir controversy and raise a few eyebrows. The new privacy policies go into effect on March 1 and users have no choice but to accept the [...]
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It seems there’s a bug in Facebook‘s programming that has allowed users to see the private photos of other Facebook users since the site’s last software update on November 27. The hack was first reported by a popular bodybuilding site, but didn’t get much attention until yesterday when Mark Zuckeberg‘s private photos started to show [...]
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Remember those fabulous “better way to a better butt” claims from Reebok regarding its EasyTone shoes? Well, it turns out they weren’t entirely accurate, according to the FTC. Today, Reebok agreed to refund $25 million to customers who bought EasyTone and RunTone shoes as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which says [...]
Just when you thought soap operas were going the way of the dinosaur, one if currently unfolding in the tech world that makes As the World Turns look like Green Acres. It seems that Facebook has been caught hiring the PR firm Burson-Marsteller, a top-five public relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to media outlets, [...]
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More here: Funny Lists 1. “Do you have a sledgehammer or a brick handy?” 2. “…that’s right, not even McGyver could fix it.” 3. “So — what are you wearing?” 4. “Duuuuuude! Bummer!” 5. “Looks like you’re gonna need some new dilithium crystals, Cap’n.” 6. “Press 1 for Support. Press 2 if you’re with ’60 [...]
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You know what happens when you plaster your social security number on trucks that are driving all over town? You get your identity stolen…no matter who you are. Just ask Todd Davis, the CEO of LifeLock whose plastered his SSN all over the company’s advertising. Apparently, he’s been an identity theft victim 13 times, which [...]
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We bloggers certainly know that the FTC is now cracking down, but we didn’t expect the first victim to be Disney. The company is now offering a full Baby Einstein refund of $15.99 to anyone who bought one of the DVDs between the dates of June 5, 2004 and Sept. 4, 2009. Consumers can also [...]
AdAge reports that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is another step closer to a new policy that start regulating viral marketing and weblogs. The government wants to have its hands in everything these days, and apparently the goal is to distinguish so called “paid posts” on blogs from those that are not paid advertisements of [...]
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