LinkedIn settles lawsuit over 'add connection' feature for $13m
by Guardian Staff from Technology | The Guardian on (#PQD4)
'I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn' emails cost the company millions
Social network LinkedIn has agreed to pay $13m to users to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of sending too many unsolicited emails to users.
The lawsuit took issue with LinkedIn's "add connections" feature, which lets users import their personal contacts into the social network (the source of the infamous subject line "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn").
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