If a friend or motther sitting on son lap sex videocolleague or even you -- yes, YOU! -- finds a check from LinkedIn for $20.43 sitting in your mailbox, there's actually a pretty good reason for it.
SEE ALSO: LinkedIn is about to look a lot differentThe checks are part of a $13 million settlement that the company reached in 2015 with plaintiffs over, of all things, annoying emails the platform was sending to users.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
LinkedIn's Add Connections program allowed users to import their personal contacts into the company's system and then have invitations to connect sent out on their behalf. However, if a recipient of the invitation email didn't accept the invitation within a certain amount of time, LinkedIn would then send two follow up emails repeating the invitation.
The key to the lawsuit, though, was in the user's consent. From the official settlement website:
The Court found that members consented to importing their contacts and sending the connection invitation, but did not find that members consented to LinkedIn sending the two reminder emails. The Plaintiffs contend that LinkedIn members did not consent to the use of their names and likenesses in those reminder emails.
After the lawsuit was settled, LinkedIn made the promise to make their email system a bit less terrible, promising limits on the frequency and volume of email notifications.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
If, reading this, you're suddenly getting excited for a little extra scratch, some bad news: you're about a year late as the deadline to claim eligibility as part of the settlement was December 14, 2015.
Still, if you did submit your eligibility by that deadline, congratulations, you're getting $20 for being annoyed by spammy emails. The next round of Starbucks is on you.
Additional reporting by Adario Strange
Google may have shared data with sanctioned Russian ad company, report findsElon Musk doesn't want to buy Twitter anymore. The courts may give him no choice.Hacked Tesla Model S Plaid breaks speed record, goes 216 mph'Wordle' today: Get the answer, hints for June 30Xiaomi 12S Ultra has a massive, LeicaElon Musk's Starlink satellite internet shows big speed jump in first official year‘Stranger Things 4’ Creel House is a big ol' horror homage'The Office' cast recalls an EmmyWhat is Dogecoin? Everything you need to know about the cryptocurrencyHaving your 15th birthday party invitation go viral looks kinda intense Skittles honors LGBTQ Pride by replacing the rainbow with oh god, no Trump's cabinet meeting was a lot like the opening of 'King Lear' Thailand sentences man to 35 years in jail for Facebook posts about the royal family Kevin Durant sends a message to Rihanna following the Warriors' big win Bear interrupts 10 New CDC study shows just how serious a threat Zika is to pregnant women Drones with defibrillators could save lives before the ambulance arrives Amanda Bynes is back, and wants to explain that infamous Drake tweet Sen. Kamala Harris keeps getting manterrupted, and the internet can't help but sigh Why Bernie Sanders is delighted about the UK election results
0.2322s , 12401.4296875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【motther sitting on son lap sex video】Here's why some people are getting $20 checks from LinkedIn,Global Hot Topic Analysis