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STA Travel to pay AUD$14 million in penalties for misleading advertisements

Australia | Friday, April 24, 2020
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered that STA Travel Pty Ltd (STA Travel) pay AUD$14 million in penalties for making false or misleading claims when advertising its MultiFLEX Pass product. STA...

ICPEN eConsumer.gov partner agencies launch interactive site detailing international consumer scam reports

Global | Wednesday, April 15, 2020
The 2019|2020 ICPEN Presidency Colombia, the Superintendency for Industry and Commerce, has today welcomed the launch of a new interactive dashboard to further enhance the delivery of ICPEN’s...

SIC orders digital platforms to withdraw products that offer alleged benefits against Covid-19

Colombia | Friday, April 10, 2020

More room for bespoke solutions between hotels and travelers in case of cancellations of bookings made through hotel booking websites

Netherlands | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

TEG Live to refund over AUD$5 million to consumers of USA basketball games

Australia | Tuesday, April 7, 2020

ICPEN Fraud Prevention Month 2020 Campaign - #COVID-19Emergency #PreventingScams

Global | Saturday, April 4, 2020

ACM in 2019 imposed fines totaling approximately 17 million euros and launched 91 investigations

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ACM offers guidance to sectors that wish to set up voucher schemes

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ACM sympathizes with the Dutch travel industry’s voucher initiative

Netherlands | Friday, April 3, 2020

ICA: proceedings initiated against the www.wish.com platform

Italy | Friday, April 3, 2020

ICA: Review launched after ENPAM reported A.P. Risarcimento e Consulenza S.r.l. for alleged unfair trading practices

Italy | Thursday, April 2, 2020

ICA: coronavirus emergency, the Authority orders the shutdown of the https://farmaciamaschile.it and http://farmacia-generica.it websites

Italy | Monday, March 30, 2020

ICA: coronavirus emergency, the Authority orders the removal of any reference to preventive effectiveness against COVID-19 of the products advertised and marketed on the www.oxystore.it website

Italy | Monday, March 30, 2020

ICA: Coronavirus, the shutdown was ordered of the website http://testcoronavirus.shop/it that markets a test for COVID-19 self-diagnosis.

Italy | Tuesday, March 24, 2020

The Federal Trade Commission’s International Monthly Newsletter – March 2020 issue

United States of America | Monday, March 23, 2020

Tea Marketer Misled Consumers, Didn’t Adequately Disclose Payments to Well-Known Influencers, FTC Alleges

United States of America | Thursday, March 12, 2020

Finnish Consumer Ombudsman's Newsletter 01/2020 - English version published

Finland | Thursday, March 12, 2020