consumer groups

YouTube To Stop Targeting Kids With Video Ads
YouTube To Stop Targeting Kids With Video Ads
August 20, 2019  |  Social Commerce

YouTube is proposing to stop advertisements that target videos watched by kids in a bid to satisfy both regulators and consumer groups. According to Bloomberg,...

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Senators Call For FTC Action On FB ‘Friendly Fraud’ Complaint
Senators Call For FTC Action On FB ‘Friendly Fraud’ Complaint
February 22, 2019  |  Facebook

U.S. Senators Edward Markey and Richard Blumenthal have asked the Federal Trade Commission to act on a complaint that Facebook knowingly encouraged children to spend...

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BEUC Backs Proposal To Ban Screen Scraping
BEUC Backs Proposal To Ban Screen Scraping
July 12, 2017  |  Banking

BEUC, the European consumer interest group, is asking banking authorities to stop the practice of screen scraping, or using software to copy data off a...

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Consumer Group Wants Banks To Be More Accountable For Transfers To Fake Accounts
Consumer Group Wants Banks To Be More Accountable For Transfers To Fake Accounts
September 26, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

The U.K.’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) is gearing up to look into complaints from consumer group Which? over the level of protection banks give customers...

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