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The FTC settled for $930,000 total after CMG and two partners falsely claimed their 'Active Listening' service captured real-time smart-device voice data to deliver hyper-local ads — it was actually resold email lists.

The Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of eight states secured a proposed consent order banning the three holding companies from coordinating brand safety standards or maintaining shared exclusion lists.

Judge Brinkema's ad tech remedy decision is expected any day, while the DOJ appeals Judge Mehta's search ruling and the EU enforces its own fine