{"id":86455,"date":"2018-04-25T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T11:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/viagogo-faces-court-for-failing-to-protect-uk-consumers\/"},"modified":"2018-04-25T20:03:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T13:03:21","slug":"viagogo-faces-court-for-failing-to-protect-uk-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/viagogo-faces-court-for-failing-to-protect-uk-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Viagogo faces court for failing to protect UK consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRegulator says secondary ticketing website has ignored its demands to make changesThe secondary ticketing firm Viagogo looks set to be taken to court for breaching consumer protection laws after the UK competition regulator said the website had ignored its demands to make changes.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was determined to ensure Viagogo complied with the law, and was prepared to use the full range of its powers to protect music fans. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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