Friday, July 10, 2009

Millions ripped off by social networking site, Tagged.com...

New York's attorney general says that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million internet users worldwide - by sending emails that raided their private accounts. 

Andrew Cuomo said he plans to sue the social networking website for deceptive marketing and invasion of privacy. 

"This company stole the address books and identities of millions of people," Cuomo said in a statement. "Consumers had their privacy invaded and were forced into the embarrassing position of having to apologise to all their email contacts for Tagged's unethical - and illegal - behaviour." More...

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