LinkedIn to pay $13 million fine in ‘spam’ lawsuit settlement
- 9 years ago
Professional networking website LinkedIn will pay $13 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in a California District Court in US over allegations of spam.
The suit, filed in 2013, accused LinkedIn of sending unsolicited invitation emails to potential users by using email contacts lists of existing users who imported their email address book.
As per the lawsuit, LinkedIn spammed owners of email addresses part of users' imported address books even if they did not respond by sending up to two reminder emails.
According to the report, each affected user could receive up to $1,500 and users can file for a claim on a website named addconnectionssettlement.com before December 14, 2015.
The suit, filed in 2013, accused LinkedIn of sending unsolicited invitation emails to potential users by using email contacts lists of existing users who imported their email address book.
As per the lawsuit, LinkedIn spammed owners of email addresses part of users' imported address books even if they did not respond by sending up to two reminder emails.
According to the report, each affected user could receive up to $1,500 and users can file for a claim on a website named addconnectionssettlement.com before December 14, 2015.