LinkedIn from prosecution for sending invitations to your contacts

If you have granted access to your email account on the website LinkedIn professional network, you can know that the website of your contact list used to recruit new members. They were probably not in clear is that LinkedIn can send, followed by email invitation reminder email - contact at your own risk you do looks like a user in need, which can take a hint. This practice is the heart of proceedings against the company, with a judge of the district in San Jose, California, decision to come, to repeat the emails, the call may injure users.

US district judge Lucy H. Koh in San Jose decided that members who sued their damages for income LinkedIn by using their email address contacts can be resumed. Apparently, the site does not include several invitations to contacts information on sending. Judge Koh also stated, that the network side can have violated right of the public, which is against the use of the name a person for commercial purposes without the consent of the California protects. The lawsuit class members are looking to expand more members the case.

About LinkedIn, Crystal Braswell spokesman said: "we are pleased that the Court dismissed the claims of the 'hacking' of candidates and found that members of LinkedIn agree that LinkedIn share email contacts." "We will continue to ask for the remaining claims, because we believe that they have no merit." 0 comments

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Source: LinkedIn class action lawsuit

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