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  • OFT targets Twitter brand champions

    OFT targets Twitter brand champions

    Celebrity endorsements in line for major overhaul 10 January 2011 15:43 GMT

    Undeclared endorsement based tweets could soon be a thing of the past if the Office of Fair Trading gets its way.

    The government's consumer watchdog has begun a crackdown after it discovered a PR firm, Handpicked Media, was paying well-known...

  • Software licences branded unfair. Software, Biz, OFT, Apple, Magix, Adobe, Microsoft, Corel 0

    Software licences branded unfair

    National Consumer Council urges clampdown 21 February 2008 16:26 GMT

    Some of the world's biggest software developers have been slammed in a new report by the National Consumer Council (NCC).

    It has called for a clampdown on software companies that it says mislead computer users into signing away legal rights,...

  • Office of Fair Trading spams kids . Phones, Software, OFT, Spam, SMS 0

    Office of Fair Trading spams kids

    But only to teach them a lesson! 19 February 2008 12:01 GMT

    The Office of Fair Trading launched a new scheme to warn the UK's youth about the dangers of replying to spam text messages.

    The organisation sent thousands of mock SMS spam messages to people aged between 18 and 24 as part of Scams Awareness...

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