Professional social network Linkedin faces a class action lawsuit from a user for failing to protect private data following a security breach that saw millions of its users' password compromised. Lee Bell wrote Linkedin faces a class action lawsuit...
The proposed class-action lawsuit accused Facebook of violating California law by featuring user “Likes” as Sponsored Stories without compensation or an opt-out option. In 2011, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a complaint...
Google, which collected payload data (including emails, email addresses, user names and passwords, telephone numbers) from unsecured WiFi networks – triggering numerous government investigations and some fines – is trying to get a class-action...
The class action lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. In the complaint, their lawyer says Android users are "at serous risk of privacy invasions, including stalking," the Detroit News reported. Digital Trends offers a good rundown on why the lawsuit...
Google Settles AdWords Discrimination Complaint in France By Danny Goodwin Class Action Suit Targets Google for Revealing Users Search Queries By Danny Goodwin The class action seeks "monetary relief for those whose search queries were wrongly...
The complaint alleges that Google has "consistently and intentionally designed its services to ensure that user search queries, which often contain highly-sensitive and personally-identifiable information, are routinely transferred to marketers...
Last week I blogged about the April 22 filing of a class action lawsuit claiming that Google defrauds advertisers by automatically opting them into paying for clicks resulting from ads place on the (allegedly low-quality) content network.
Yahoo Settles Clickfraud Lawsuit A California judge has approved Yahoo's proposed settlement of a class action click fraud case brought against the company by Checkmate Strategic Group in June 2005. For those interested, here's a copy of the...
For its part, Google issued a statement saying the complaint is may be motivated "more by the quest for attorney fees. Google click fraud settlement -- he's filed a complaint to try and block the agreement, and this before notifications from...
Hit With Potential Class Action Lawsuit Over Submission Program: What part of one-time fee don't you understand, some advertisers ask LookSmart, after it threatens to pull listings if they don't continue paying.
United States, filed a class action lawsuit in federal court against Google over the Google Library book scanning project which is part of Google BoingBoing, a copy of the legal complaint is here What does Google have to say about the lawsuit?
Wall points over to the Traffic Power Sucks site, a protest site against the firm that talks about how to gain refunds, a possible class action lawsuit and advice from the site's perspective of things to watch out for.
Class Action Lawsuit Against FindWhat Over Alleged Securities Fraud May 12, 2005 - A class action lawsuit against FindWhat over alleged securities fraud has been filed. Gary's dug up more information on the action here, which has Zucco Partners...
A class action lawsuit against FindWhat over alleged securities fraud has been filed. At the moment, I don't know who originated the actual complaint and whether these are various law firms trying to jump in on the action.
LookSmart investors unhappy with the company's performance are targeting Merrill Lynch in a class action lawsuit, saying the firm failed to disclose a conflict of interest when issuing "buy" recommendations.
A proposed class action lawsuit claiming breach of contract, fraudulent business practices and misleading advertising has been filed against LookSmart over a recent change in how the company sells some of its commercial web site listings.
A proposed class action lawsuit claiming breach of contract, fraudulent business practices and misleading advertising has been filed against LookSmart over a recent change in how the company sells some of its commercial web site listings.
However, the haphazard way the search engine industry has lurched toward monetization has brought an FTC complaint and might bring a lawsuit over submission fees. Many feel LookSmart is ripping them off, and the threat of a class action lawsuit...
Perhaps a class-action lawsuit. As a LookSmart customer who recently paid to get listed and then was told of their new policy, I am outraged.I am seriously considering a class action lawsuit about this," --MH
