The FTC will take a novel approach to...
The FTC will take a novel approach to protecting consumers in the ever-evolving digital landscape, said FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Senior Attorney Lesley Fair, speaking for herself and not for the agency. Fair pointed to a recent case involving…
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websites across 80 domains that told visitors their computers needed repair and charged them to fix the computers without actually detecting or solving any problems. “The size of it in no way scared off the FTC or FTC staff from going after these cases,” she said. Fair also discussed the recently updated “Dot Com Disclosures” guidelines. The disclosure guidelines apply to mobile devices with smaller screens, she said. “Just because the screen is smaller, does not mean that the advice to clients is, ‘Don’t worry about making disclosures.'"