Security Giants Renewed Subscriptions without Permission
June 11th, 2009
According to PC Pro, the security giants, McAfee and Symantec have paid $375,000 USD in fines levied when they allegedly automatically renewed subscriptions without their customers’ consent.
“Security firms ‘renewed subs without permission’ ”
Apparently, McAfee and Symantec had both hidden renewal clauses in their customers’ contracts. However, the details of the automatic renewal provisions were not disclosed to the customers.
