LinkedIn will pay $ 13 million for "excesses" in the distribution of invitations on behalf of users
According to the class action against the social network LinkedIn , its service sends several invitations to join the network on behalf of users without permission. As a result of the proceedings, LinkedIn recognized its actions as illegal and agreed to pay $ 13 million in compensation.
The plaintiffs were unhappy with the Add Connections feature. This feature is designed to automatically invite users from your email contact list to LinkedIn. It turns out that the social network itself used this feature in order to promote LinkedIn. And the plaintiffs noticed the invitations sent on their behalf already after the fact, when it was already impossible to stop the process.
Moreover, in addition to invitations, LinkedIn still sent out one or two reminders that the "victims" are still not registered on the network. As a result, the plaintiffs complained that the service sends out additional invitations without their knowledge. But LinkedIn initially denied her guilt.
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In November 2014, the court found out that users actually agreed to use the data from their email contacts and automatically send out invitations. However, they did not give permission to send additional reminders, writes The Wall Street Journal.
On October 2, 2015, LinkedIn informed its users about reaching an agreement with the plaintiffs. The company's specialists will clarify the description of Add Connections and add a warning to it that the service can send up to two reminders to the recipients of the letter. Moreover, by the end of 2015, LinkedIn promised to launch the function of canceling invitations and reminders.
Users can apply for cash compensation on a special site . Users who used Add Connections from September 17, 2011 to October 31, 2014 can count on payments. Depending on the number of applications submitted, users can receive from $ 10 to $ 1500.
The plaintiffs were unhappy with the Add Connections feature. This feature is designed to automatically invite users from your email contact list to LinkedIn. It turns out that the social network itself used this feature in order to promote LinkedIn. And the plaintiffs noticed the invitations sent on their behalf already after the fact, when it was already impossible to stop the process.
Moreover, in addition to invitations, LinkedIn still sent out one or two reminders that the "victims" are still not registered on the network. As a result, the plaintiffs complained that the service sends out additional invitations without their knowledge. But LinkedIn initially denied her guilt.
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In November 2014, the court found out that users actually agreed to use the data from their email contacts and automatically send out invitations. However, they did not give permission to send additional reminders, writes The Wall Street Journal.
On October 2, 2015, LinkedIn informed its users about reaching an agreement with the plaintiffs. The company's specialists will clarify the description of Add Connections and add a warning to it that the service can send up to two reminders to the recipients of the letter. Moreover, by the end of 2015, LinkedIn promised to launch the function of canceling invitations and reminders.
Users can apply for cash compensation on a special site . Users who used Add Connections from September 17, 2011 to October 31, 2014 can count on payments. Depending on the number of applications submitted, users can receive from $ 10 to $ 1500.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/295096/
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