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FTC 'Secret Shopper' Study A Huge Win For Game Industry
1up.com May 9, 2008
Positive study comes in light of latest attempt to pass rating enforcement law. ... Every year the Federal Trade Commission conducts a wide ranging "secret shopper" style sting operation designed to test whether the private sector is doing a good enough job at keeping...
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