B
Evidence Grade B
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Dated
$1,500,000
$1,500,000 -- regulatory fine total for Direct Revenue (2007)
Direct Revenue agreed to pay $1.5 million in fines/settlement to the FTC over illegal adware distribution.
- Settlement amount required to be surrendered as ill-gotten gains
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Evidence graded
Value
$1,500,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2007
Entity
Geography
North America
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Federal Trade Commission
Primary
Tier B
http://weirdtechnewshub.blogspot.com/2007_02_20_archive.html ↗
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Federal Trade Commission
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Methodology
FTC settlement over illegal adware downloads; company surrendered $1.5 million as ill-gotten gains
Methodology documented
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IndustryFinTech
RegionNorth America
Channelcontent
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Direct Revenue: $1,500,000 regulatory fine total. Source: Federal Trade Commission (2007). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/direct-revenue-ftc-fine-1-5m
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