Even though its incredibly easy to slap a government agencys logo on your website, that doesnt make it okay. Just ask the two debt relief companies that have been ordered to stop using Department of Education logos to mislead student loan borrowers.
In letters seen by Consumerist, lawyers for the Dept. of Education ordered two different debt relief operations to cease and desist using the agencys name and image without authorization.
Both Atlanta-based Perfect Privacy LLC operator of a debt relief business at SLprograms.org and other URLs and San Diegos The Student Loan Project run programs that promise relief for a fee to borrowers of federal student loans. They also both used official Education logos without permission, an apparen…
Read the full article at: http://consumerist.com/2016/01/29/feds-order-debt-relief-schemes-to-cease-misleading-use-of-government-logos/