Experian fined $650,000 for not letting you opt out of its spammy emails
by Wes Davis from The Verge - All Posts on (#6E2S0)
A screenshot of one of the Experian emails exhibited in court documents. | Image: Federal Trade Commission Credit reporting agency Experian must pay a $650,000 fine for violating spam laws. The US Justice Department and the FTC have announced a permanent injunction granted by the US District Court in central California, forbidding the company's deceptive marketing email practices. The regulators' complaint last week alleged that Experian had sent customers with free credit monitoring memberships deceptive marketing emails that lacked both clear and conspicuous notice" of the ability to opt out and a mechanism for doing so."
The FTC says this violates the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act (CAN-SPAM Act). The FTC referred the case to the DOJ to file the injunction before the court granted it, ordering...