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back to article Can’t be TRUSTe-d? Online privacy firm coughs $200k to settle 'deception' charges

TRUSTe, which issues the privacy seals displayed on thousands of websites, has paid a settlement over charges it deceived consumers through its Privacy Seal Program. As part of an agreed settlement with US consumer watchdogs at the Federal Trade Commission, it also promised it would ensure all certified websites removed a …

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  1. David Gosnell

    Client website updates

    Good luck on that, if they were daft enough to provide logos to download and serve locally. Amongst my own clients, even the more alert ones aren't always too hot off the blocks with partner logo updates and so on. Or are they hoping to recoup their costs by taking action against anyone not doing so..?

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  2. Sebastian A

    I'd always viewed those logos with some skepticism anyway

    But this confirms that they're entirely worthless.

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