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Symantec and McAfee under fire for auto-renewing subscriptions


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The perils of giving companies your payment card details and failing to realise the likelihood of those details being used when subscription renewal times comes around have raised their ugly head again, with Symantec and McAfee being ordered to pay $375,000 each to the New York Attorney General to resolve complaints about the issue from customers.

Symantec and McAfee under fire for auto-renewing subscriptions
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/symantec-and-mcafee-under-fire-for-auto-renewing/
The perils of giving companies your payment card details and failing to realise the likelihood of those details being used when subscription renewal times comes around have raised their ugly head again, with Symantec and McAfee being ordered to pay $375,000 each to the New York Attorney General to resolve complaints about the issue from customers.
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/symantec-and-mcafee-under-fire-for-auto-renewing/

Source: InfosecMagazine
Source Link: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/symantec-and-mcafee-under-fire-for-auto-renewing/


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