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FTC Cracks ValueClick For $2.9 Million

Settlement should free them up to be purchased

By WebProNews Staff · February 13, 2008 · 2 Comments

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Lead generation practices by ValueClick’s Hi-Speed Media division aroused the ire of the Federal Trade Commission, but the company managed to settle without admitting any wrongdoing.

ValueClick announced the settlement today, which comes after an FTC investigation into whether or not ValueClick violated the CAN-SPAM Act and the FTC Act.

“The settlement is based solely on the past practices of the Company

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