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AdultFriendFinder.com and the FTC

kellieafp • December 7, 2007Adware, Affiliate Marketing

News of yet another settlement between a government agency related to adware. This time itâs AdultFriendFinder and the FTC. Maybe I need to start tagging these as “chickens coming home to roost.” AdultFriendFinder and the FTC have reached a settlement over consumers being “pelted” with sexually explicit ads. The shortâ¦

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The Risk of Ready-Made Mall Sites

kellieafp • August 23, 2007Legal Issues

Every Affiliate Manager has probably seen these sites come through their program for approval. Itâs the ready-made mall sites that are sold as packages to people so they can make their millions on the Internet while they sleep. Iâve often heard Affiliate Managers ask whether there is any harm inâ¦

FTC Receives Temporary Injunction Against EDebitPay and Freezing of Assests

kellieafp • August 8, 2007Legal Issues

The FTC recently received a court ordered temporary injunction against and the freezing of EDebitPay in regards to business practices related to their prepaid debit cards and short-term loans. My write-up on the situation is bit lengthy based on the current available information, so Iâve posted it on my forum.â¦

FTC Issues Final Consent Order Against DirectRevenue: An AFP Critiq

kellieafp • July 7, 2007Adware, Editorial, Legal Issues

On June 28, 2007 the FTC issued their final consent order with regards to DirectRevenue. Since it is a twelve page government document, I realize many will probably not read through it. Since there are some important points in the decree, Iâll highlight them here. The Consent Order applies toâ¦

FTC Investigation of ValueClick No Longer Rumor But Reali

kellieafp • May 18, 2007Legal Issues

Over the last couple of weeks there have been rumors that ValueClick would be a target of an FTC investigation regarding web properties owned by ValueClick which promote gratis offers. ValueClick denied any knowledge of any such investigation during their last earnings call. Those rumors of an FTC have nowâ¦

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