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You mean like the Zappos settlement where the restitution for the victims of the data breach was a 10% off coupon to Zappos? Which also lets them spam all thei
by koolba 7y ago
You mean like the Zappos settlement where the restitution for the victims of the data breach was a 10% off coupon to Zappos?
Which also lets them spam all their old customers who do not otherwise receive promotional emails from them.
- harryh 7y agoI got like 3 of these emails from zappos. At some level you just have to laugh that they're advertising a court enforced penalty.
- tylermac1 7y agoA 10% off coupon that I not only received a few days ago, but has to be used before Jan 1, 2020. Just a middle finger to the people who's data they were irresponsible with.
- troydavis 7y agoThis will continue until data protection legislation passes in the US. That’s the only way consumers will have any recourse. Here’s EPIC’s summary of the legislation options: https://www.epic.org/GradingOnACurve/ https://www.epic.org/GradingOnACurve/
- Thriptic 7y agoThis is the correct answer. The problem isn't how the class action suit was orchestrated; the problem is that class action is the only plausible and scalable form of justice currently available. Severe automatic penalties of X dollars per account lost and / or criminal liability for executives similar to SOX is what we need to deter these mistakes.
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