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or have had a warranty seal altered, defaced, or removed. Limiting a warranty based on any of those restrictions is actually illegal in the US, classes as deceptive under the FTC Act, and is ...

The inset image features an FTC seal backed by a U.S. flag. Khan announced a rule change... Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan is pictured during an event in Washington, D.C., on April 3.

The FTC is calling out a range of practices that it says are in violation of the law, including language that says: Your warranty is invalidated if a warranty seal has been altered, removed or ...