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• Seller of melanoma detection apps settles FTC complaint

  The marketers of Mole Detective apps lacked proof their products could detect melanoma, the agency says

• FTC charges game developer with misusing money raised on Kickstarter

  It's the agency's first consumer protection complaint involving crowdfunding

• FTC complains retail tracking firm didn't notify customers

  Nomi falsely told customers they could opt out of tracking, the agency says

• FTC: Online billing service deceptively collected medical records

  The agency reaches a settlement with a billing service that tried to populate online medical records with customer data

• Court shuts down tech support 'scams' targeted by FTC

  Companies' free trial software identified nonexistant computer errors and charged customers to fix them, the agency says

• Accused text-message spammers to pay $9 million in settlement

  The group of companies promised free gift cards and electronics, but required phone owners to jump through several hoops