The Senate is apparently looking into shady practices of companies like Webloyalty or Vertrue. The complaint is that when consumers visit common sites such as Orbitz, Petco, Priceline and others, pop-up links offering “cash-back” often lure them into $9-$12 monthly fees without their explicit knowledge.  The Better Business Bureau has been receiving large amounts of complaints about these companies and their practices. As a response, Congress has increased pressure on the the offenders and demanded that they come explain themselves to Jay Rockefeller’s (D-WV) Senate Commerce Committee.  We applaud Congress’ effort to bring transparency to these practices.
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