650k is not even a slap on the wrist for a company the size of experian.
Does 650k even cover the cost of labor the government incurred to investigate this and issue the fine?
No
Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
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Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#32I believe you can express your displeasure with this settlement at Civil.Feedback@usdoj.gov, as well as to your elected congresspeople: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Maybe sign them up for Experian.
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#33I’m still bitter that a credit reporting agency let my information get stolen, then offered free credit monitoring through Experian, and Experian just seems to be using this free monitoring for upselling. Hopefully this fine exceeds the revenue they generated from all this…
They can wave off fines all day. Forbid them from sending marketing emails for 24 months. See if anyone keeps their job after that.
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#34I believe you can express your displeasure with this settlement at Civil.Feedback@usdoj.gov, as well as to your elected congresspeople: https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Maybe sign them up for Experian.
They're dumb enough to think that would be a serious hacking crime and come after you
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#35These fines are pathetic. Experian revenues reached $6.2B last year. This is nothing more than the cost of doing business. Probably profited off the entire ordeal.
I find it difficult to frame it so I had to get the calculator out... that's 0.01048% of the $6.2 billion in revenues. Or framed a different way, if you earn a US average salary of $60,000, it's a fine of $630... That fine is a fart in the wind.
I think you missed a few zeros (or a decimal). It would be $6.29
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#36For people cribbing about fine being too small think 100 dollar speeding fine bothers people earning 100K pa. I think it does, because fine is still lose of money no matter how small and fine also comes with further restrictions / penalties in case behavior does not change.
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#37That's a couple salaries. Wow what a big deal.
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#38not only this but experian lets users sign up without confirming their email address. someone registered on MY email address and I had to spend about 7 hours on multiple phone calls over a period of 5 weeks in order to get control of an account with my email address, all to turn off their incessant spam. if you read their TOS technically you have to send a notarized letter with copy of photo ID social security number…
> if you read their TOS technically you have to send a notarized letter with copy of photo ID social security number etc. etc. but thankfully i finally reached a human with a hint of reasonability. Does that mean if someone signs you up under a false name, it's impossible to unsubscribe under the rules-as-written?
In some dark future, you will need to sign up for all websites just to prevent someone for doing this very thing. "It's not our fault you didn't sign up and allowed a fraudster to do it."
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#39I’m still bitter that a credit reporting agency let my information get stolen, then offered free credit monitoring through Experian, and Experian just seems to be using this free monitoring for upselling. Hopefully this fine exceeds the revenue they generated from all this…
They can wave off fines all day. Forbid them from sending marketing emails for 24 months. See if anyone keeps their job after that.
Now I think about it, this is a much better approach than a fine. Is there a downside to this?
Re: Experian fined $650K by the FTC and DOJ for spam emails with no opt out
#40650k is a joke.
not a good one either. that's not even a knock knock level joke