LinkedIn Users Took The Website To Court And Each May Be Awarded $1,500 For This Reason

by N/A, 9 years ago | 2 min read

A class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn was settled for $13 million on behalf of users, and it has to do with their promotional strategyâ€¦I guess that's what you'd call it.

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Ever open your computer and see a plethora of emails from LinkedIn? Well, that's precisely what's behind all of this. The lawsuit was because of the fact the social network was sending too many emails.

And as you could've guessed, theyÂ sent an emailÂ about this whole thing.

LinkedIn was took advantage of user's who used the "Add Connections" feature, which allows contacts to be imported into the site. Essentially you would get invitations via email, but that's when LinkedIn got a little fishy.

If the person did not respond to the initial invitation, LinkedIn would then send follow up emails about pending invitations, and the court decided these were done without users' consent. Of course, LinkedIn denied any wrongdoing.

So, what does this all mean? If you've used LinkedIn between Sept. 17, 2011, and Oct. 31, 2014 you could be eligible to file a claim against the company, worth up to $1,500 (depending on how many people file claims).

If you do file a claim, which can be doneÂ here, you'll be receivingâ€“you guessed itâ€“an email from LinkedIn to confirm. Looks like things will never change, really, but maybe you can get some money out of them.

REMINDER: You need to file before Dec. 14, 2015, and the final approval will be determined on Feb. 11, 2016.