Other LanguagesToday, the lines have blurred and Facebook has become the great equalizer. People of all ages join the site to track friends, send photos, and keep in touch with family. But along with popularity comes safety concerns over privacy settings.
Penny auction sites lure thousands of consumers daily with cheap prices on brand-name electronics, designer handbags and discounted store gift cards. Wired.com describes penny auctions as “a combination of bingo night, the Home Shopping Network and a slot machine addiction.” But an investigation by the Washington Attorney General’s Office shows how some of these sites can fool consumers into paying big bucks on an auction with no winner ...
As my good deed for the day, I wanted to call attention to a settlement reached last week between the Federal Trade Commission and Ticketmaster in regards to what the FTC alleges were “deceptive bait-and-switch tactics to sell event tickets” for Bruce Springsteen shows late last year.
After a hiatus while Blog Moderator Kristin Alexander was on 'staycation', All Consuming is back with an amusing post by Public Affairs Intern Darius Schwarz about his college days and a crafty password-hacking roomie. Read it. Laugh. Learn.
Ripping another page out of the “If it sounds too good to be true…” playbook, The Consumerist posted a story this month about the apparent post-transaction marketing scam that is The Green Millionaire.
Sorry, but açaí pills aren't going to make you magically drop 10-15 pounds in a month. And while we know you love Oprah and Rachael Ray, those gals aren't endorsing them. Earlier this week, a U.S. District Court ordered Central Coast Nutraceuticals, which pushes AcaiPure and Colopure, to stop selling.
A FCC study shows most Internet users only receive half of the advertised broadband speed.
“Intelius chose cash over candor,” Attorney General Rob McKenna said during a news conference yesterday where our office announced a $1.3 million settlement with Intelius.
It's one thing for adults to make crude jabs at each other online, but when minors are the victim of this, the results can be tragic. This is why our office found it crucial to join 33 other state attorneys general in an effort to keep kids safer from cyberbullying on the popular Internet message board Topix.com. ...
Citi's mobile banking app stores your sensitive data. While an innocent-looking Android app sends your personal info to China.