Symantec, McAfee settle with New York
Will clear up software renewals
Thursday, 11 June 2009, 12:22
SYMANTEC AND MCAFEE have agreed to pay the state of New York $750,000 as a penalty for renewing customers' software subscriptions without clearly telling the punters that they would do so automatically.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo had accused Symantec and McAfee of having an auto-renewal subscription policy which was about as transparent as the Great Wall of China.
Symantec has said that it has improved the auto-renewal subscription process to "make it more transparent and visible."
McAfee told the AP that it was working to clarify and improve its auto-renewal subscription process so that it would be easier for customers to opt-out. µ
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Consumers got ripped off but the state of New York gets some cash. No justice there, as usual. meh
Who knows how many millions of dollars they made doing this. They should have to pay back everybody.
Free AV - their should be govt adverts informing the people.
Free Office application too - government adverts informing the people.