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The relevant agency would be the FTC, but is the FTC even interested in pursuing these cases? I've seen a few cases where they sued scammy businesses (https://w
by ______-_-______ 5y ago
The relevant agency would be the FTC, but is the FTC even interested in pursuing these cases? I've seen a few cases where they sued scammy businesses (https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/12/operators-multi-million-dollar-work-home-scheme-settle-ftc-allegations https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2019/12/...), but there are lots of legitimate businesses that are nonetheless breaking the law. For example Xfinity sent me an ad for a voice-activated remote, categorized it as a "service-related email" and had no unsubscribe link. Instantly marked as spam.
What I want to know is: has there ever been even a single case of the FTC going after one of these real companies?
- saltminer 5y agoExperian sends me marketing emails classified as service-related as well, seems like once a week at least. Thankfully, Gmail has learned that I always mark them as spam and classifies them accordingly, though I wonder if it'll do the same if a non-marketing email ever comes through.