$9 million seems pretty cheap to close this down but then I remembered what's happened to companies in the UK that have pulled similar stunts.
Netflix punters told of privacy change, get 3 months to object
Netflix is alerting customers to changes in its privacy policy under a proposed legal settlement that would put an end to a class action suit launched against the company last year. The company is changing its policy so that it is no longer possible to identify the video "histories" of customers who haven’t subscribed to …
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Tuesday 31st July 2012 05:37 GMT WatAWorld
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It is worse than that.
Of the $6.65m being sent to nonprofit privacy organisations, much will be spent on legal fees to outside lawyers and on salaries for the lawyer directors and staff lawyers employed by those nonprofit privacy organisations.
So potentially almost all of the $9m will end up in the pockets of lawyers.
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Tuesday 31st July 2012 15:11 GMT Rampant Spaniel
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Exactly, netflix makes and error and their users end up (indirectly) paying a huge pile of cash to some vile leaches and some random non profit. How the hell is that justice? I didn't do anything wrong so why should the fees I pay netflix for their service go elsewhere.
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Saturday 4th August 2012 18:22 GMT Terry Cloth
``customers who haven’t subscribed to Netflix for 12 months or longer''
OK, are we talking about
a) people whose subscriptions expired over a year ago,
b) people whose subscriptions were in effect for less than a year, or
c) some other group entirely?
English is a wonderful language. Please use it carefully.