FTC Oh Shit

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allcelldeals

allcelldeals

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My site just got a visit from the FTC! I decided to check out the FTC site and I seen this FTC.Gov. This could get interesting! They Googled the title of my Biz op page.

Not a dickroll!
 


btw, anyone know of an instance when a AM ever got sued for anything like this?
 
Interesting article, especially this part
The settlement with marketers JAB Ventures, LLC and Jason Brailow imposes a $7,803,425 judgment, all but $610,000 of which is suspended based on their inability to pay.
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Jason Brailow = Crush LLC. I guess he's pretty good at moving money out of his ventures, if he only had to pay $610,000. Either way, I wonder what effect this will have on the Crush LLC diet offers, if any. The settlement imposes these terms:
The defendants also are required to clearly and conspicuously disclose, before asking for money or billing information, all costs, all conditions regarding a product or service, and all terms and conditions of any offer with a negative option feature. They also are prohibited from using billing information to obtain payment for any product or service without a consumer’s express informed consent, from failing to obtain consumers’ written authorization for pre-authorized electronic debiting, and from failing to maintain procedures reasonably adapted to avoid an unintentional failure to obtain written authorization.

In addition, the defendants are barred from failing to clearly and conspicuously disclose, before asking for money or billing information: if a representation is made about a refund or cancellation policy, all of its material terms and conditions, or the fact that there is a policy against refunds or cancellations if such a policy applies. They also are barred from failing to honor any request for a refund or cancellation if they’ve told consumers they have such a policy, and from misrepresenting the policy’s terms and conditions.

The settlements also bar the defendants from making product claims unless they are true, not misleading, and supported by reliable scientific evidence. The settlements also prohibit them from debiting or charging consumers’ accounts for orders made before the settlement orders were entered by the court, unless they have obtained consumers’ express informed consent, and from disclosing personal information about anyone who was a client before the court orders were entered.
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I wonder if they are going to start going after the Biz ops next? I don't think they can touch an AM for this can they?
 
allcelldeals said:
I wonder if they are going to start going after the Biz ops next? I don't think they can touch an AM for this can they?
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no, it would be the networks and/or advertisers who take the hit. if a network was sued, they could probably sue an affiliate to recoup the loss, but that is unlikely unless you're doing something really shady or out of the ordinary.
 
I've tangled with FTC...it isn't pretty. Let me put it in simple terms: they answer basically only to the president, and if you ever try to counter sue their judgement, they actually can appeal to themselves.

Make multiple LLCs, keep stuff separate, don't comingle, so when it happens you won't lose all your livlihood.
 
Anyway you could get iptables or something else to just drop packets that originate from FTC ip addresses?
 
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I've tangled with FTC...it isn't pretty. Let me put it in simple terms: they answer basically only to the president, and if you ever try to counter sue their judgement, they actually can appeal to themselves.

Make multiple LLCs, keep stuff separate, don't comingle, so when it happens you won't lose all your livlihood.
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They report to Congress, not the President. He appoints the commissioners but isn't the one that oversees them.
 
What do some of you retards expect to happen? You're bombarding social networks saying "get your free stimulus check" , then pushing an $89 a month grant rebill offer at people - it's pretty idiotic.

As for the weight loss blogs... I could go either way on those. I feel like a disclaimer indicating its an advertisement could cover your ass, but who knows.
 
What do some of you retards expect to happen? You're bombarding social networks saying "get your free stimulus check" , then pushing an $89 a month grant rebill offer at people - it's pretty idiotic.
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I said biz op not grants. And I never did any social bookmarking. Actually, I don't even know how the fuck the page got indexed.
 
That's kinda weird..

I noticed two of my sites got traffic from someone searching google for: "site:mydomain.com". They were thrown up like a few days prior and nothing but LP's for stupid offers..
 
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