Aftermath of Zango Settlement with FTC

November 8th, 2006 by seattle24x7

Last week, Zango, the controversial online media company and adware developer formerly known as 180solutions, reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve an investigation into alleged unfair trade practices. The Center for Democracy and Technology filed a complaint with the FTC in January accusing Zango of misleading users into installing intrusive ad serving software onto their systems.In the settlement, Zango agreed to hand over $3 million in fines while maintaining its innocence, saying that its software delivery system no longer relies on unscrupulous affiliates who modify and distribute Zango software against its policies. Read the rest of this entry »

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