Monday, June 7, 2021

FTC says MoviePass “one movie per day” promise was a double feature of deception

Bureau of Consumer Protection. Business Alerts From the Federal Trade Commission

By Lesley Fair

As the fast-talking talent scout said in a hundred Hollywood classics, "I'm gonna put you in the movies!" MoviePass promised to put consumers in the movies – or at least in movie theaters – with its $9.95 per month "one movie per day" subscription plan. A proposed settlement outlines three concerns the FTC had with the company's practices: 1) illegal tactics that MoviePass employed to block subscribers from using the service as advertised; 2) violations of the Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA); and 3) MoviePass's failure to take reasonable steps to secure subscribers' personal information.

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