News of yet another settlement between a government agency related to adware. This time it’s 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 short…
Every Affiliate Manager has probably seen these sites come through their program for approval. It’s the ready-made mall sites that are sold as packages to people so they can make their millions on the Internet while they sleep. I’ve often heard Affiliate Managers ask whether there is any harm in…
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 I’ve posted it on my forum.…
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, I’ll highlight them here. The Consent Order applies to…
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 now…
