CV-PR-06 · standards
Stripe Prohibited and Restricted Businesses
“Prohibited Businesses: nutraceuticals and pseudo-pharmaceuticals; unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
Square Payment Terms, restricted businesses
“businesses and activities that may not use the Payment Services”
Source checked 2026-09-13.
FTC Act s.5(a), 15 U.S.C. 45(a)
“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce”
Source checked 2026-08-18.
Not law. A term of a private contract you have signed with a platform or retailer. Enforcement is account action, not a regulator, and the platform may change the term without notice.
Claims Verified, standard CV-PR-06 "High-pressure upsell or false scarcity (countdown timers, fake stock alerts)", standards v1.3.1, retrieved 16 September 2026, https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-06/
Or put it in your own policy
Marketing copy must not use "High-pressure upsell or false scarcity (countdown timers, fake stock alerts)" or equivalent wording. See Claims Verified standard CV-PR-06 (standards v1.3.1): https://claimsverified.org/standards/CV-PR-06/
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