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Can You Back That Claim Up? FTC Sends Nearly 700 Notices About Substantiating Product Claims

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The Bottom Line As the FTC appears focused on seeking monetary penalties in response to product claims, brands and marketers should ensure that their practices are lawful.While a response to a Notice of Penalty Offenses is not required by the FTC, any entity receiving such notice should conduct a Continue Reading

FTC Warns Marketers on AI Claims in Advertising

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The Bottom Line The FTC is paying close attention to artificial intelligence, its work product and any false or unsubstantiated claims stemming from it.Marketers must have adequate support for any claims they make about their AI products or they could face FTC scrutiny. As anticipated in our Continue Reading

FTC Staff Report Brings Dark Patterns to Light

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The Bottom Line Trick or treat? The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff is focused on one “trick” this spooky season: Designing user interfaces to trick or manipulate users into taking actions they would not otherwise approve of, or putting obstacles in place to discourage consumers from Continue Reading

FTC Seeks Public Comment on Updating its Guidance on Preventing Digital Deception

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The Bottom Line The FTC is revising its Dot Com Disclosure Guides to address dark patterns and other forms of digital deception.  The FTC plans to crack down on deceptive disclosures and other forms of digital deception; marketers should review their online disclosure practices to ensure Continue Reading

FTC to “Crack Down” on Ed Tech’s Use of Children’s Data

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The Bottom Line The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) unanimously approved a Policy Statement that focuses on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act’s (COPPA’s) application to education technologies (Ed Tech) used in and by schools to support learning, including remote learning. This is Continue Reading