FTC | Tuesday, September 30, 2025 
Dun & Bradstreet Agrees to Pay $5.7 Million to Resolve Alleged Violations of FTC Order

Alleged violations include misrepresenting prices and products and harming American businesses. Business credit report service provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) has agreed to a $5.7 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations the firm violated a 2022 order. D&B’s alleged violations include providing inaccurate information about its products to customers before renewing their subscription services, leading to overcharging, and misrepresenting that purchasing fee-based products will improve these customers’ credit scores. “Our signed orders are not suggestions,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “This settlement is another example of the Bureau’s effort to reinvigorate its fraud program and protect small businesses from deceptive and unlawful conduct.” In 2022, the FTC alleged that D&B deceived businesses about the value of products and failed to correct errors on business credit reports. The 2022 Order settling those allegations required D&B to notify its customers of certain material facts before automatically renewing subscriptions for its paid services. It also prohibited D&B from using automatic renewal to switch a subscriber into a more expensive product that the subscriber did not order. And it prohibited D&B from misrepresenting to customers any material fact about the price or features of any product and to retain records of its telemarketing calls. The proposed complaint, filed by the Department of Justice upon…Read more