CRITICALTelehealth PsychFTC Cases-Proceeding · September 1, 2022

Vision Path, Inc., d/b/a Hubble Contacts, U.S. v.

Atlas ID: 2022-09-ftc-vision-path-inc-d-b-a-hubble-contacts-u-18daz4

Vision Path, Inc. (d/b/a Hubble Contacts), an online direct-to-consumer contact lens seller, settled FTC charges in January 2022 for violating the Contact Lens Rule by failing to obtain and properly verify prescriptions and substituting Hubble lenses for those actually prescribed. The FTC also alleged the company violated the FTC Act by failing to disclose that many consumer reviews were written by compensated reviewers, including at least one company executive. The settlement required Vision Path to pay $3.5 million in penalties and consumer redress.

Flagged claims (1)

many reviews of Hubble lenses were not by unbiased consumers but were written by reviewers who were compensated for their reviews

Other · undisclosed-material-connection-endorsement

Required actions (2)

agreed pay penalties and redress totaling $3.5 million to settle FTC charges

Civil penalty · $3.5M

agreed pay penalties and redress totaling $3.5 million to settle FTC charges

Consumer redress · $3.5M

Source

www.ftc.gov · FTC Cases-Proceeding

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