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> Facebook, LinkedIn etc. have the same playbook when they play fast and loose with the privacy rules with respect to spamming contact lists. Any penalty is tin
by jhall1468 9y ago
> Facebook, LinkedIn etc. have the same playbook when they play fast and loose with the privacy rules with respect to spamming contact lists. Any penalty is tiny compared with the gain.
Not even close to the same thing. Apple agreed to a contract to provide unlimited support. Facebook/LinkedIn privacy policies explicitly state they can change them with notice, and they do.
- delhanty 9y agoThis is do with the violation of EXISTING policies. LinkedIn in particular paid $13 million in 2015 to settle a class action lawsuit about their slightly misleading "Add Connections" feature. http://fortune.com/2015/10/05/linkedin-class-action/ http://fortune.com/2015/10/05/linkedin-class-action/ IMO $13 million was a small price to pay compared with the $26.2 billion Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn: https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin-in-deal-valued-at-26-2-billion-1465821523 https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-to-acquire-linkedin-i...