Internet Retailers – Including Fandango, Priceline.com and 1-800Flowers.com – Change Misleading Marketing Tactics in Response to Rockefeller’s Landmark Investigation

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement regarding the notification from several major e-retailers that they will no longer allow third party companies to make misleading offers to their customers during the checkout process on their websites.

Chairman Rockefeller’s Investigation Causes E-Commerce Companies to Discontinue Misleading Marketing Tactic

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today regarding letters he recently received from the CEO’s of Affinion Group, Webloyalty Inc., and Vertrue Inc. Each company informed Chairman Rockefeller that following his investigation in to their business practices, it will now require consumers to enter their full 16 digit credit card number in order to enroll in a membership program online.

Chairman Rockefeller Works to Keep America Competitive by Broadening Access to the Internet and Computers

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, issued the following statement today after introducing The Broadband Opportunity and Affordability Act (BOAA), a bipartisan piece of legislation, which would amend the Communications Act to extend a universal service program at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide support for broadband in low-income households.