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Millions of LivingSocial users should change their passwords now after a security breach put customer data at risk. If you use the same or a similar password on other websites, you should change these too.
29 April 2013
Gumtree's Daily Deals section has closed, but users with deals vouchers can still redeem them.
17 July 2012
Warning letters have been sent to 35 daily deals companies by the Office of Trading (OFT) telling them to clean up their act .
25 June 2012
A new trade association for the daily deals industry has developed a code of conduct which aims to protect consumers against unscrupulous practices — but it's yet to get the backing of the sector's giants.
13 June 2012
Daily deals giant Groupon is to improve its practices following action from the Office of Fair Trading, it has been announced today.
16 March 2012
MoneySavingExpert.com has submitted its concerns about daily deals sites to the major players. As part of our proposed shake-up, we've asked them to adopt a code of conduct to protect consumers.
29 July 2011
A company that offers money-off restaurant deals when you buy a discount card has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog for exaggerating discounts.
23 March 2011
A watchdog has taken enforcement action against a group buying site for heavily promoting a sale of Apple's iPhone 4s when it only had eight handsets available.
10 March 2011
Retail giants Currys and PC World are offering up to £100 off a new computer if you trade in an old laptop.
25 November 2010
The owner of two major cashback websites is set to go bust meaning users won't get the majority of the hundreds of thousands of pounds they had collectively accrued.
11 November 2010
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