Re: MEDIAdeluge - Yarri = Spam: Note to Emerging Social Networking Sites, This is Bad

Tim — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:08:10 -0000

Everyone,
Are you all going to complain or are you going to DO SOMETHING?
Yaari's practices are not just unethical they are ILLEGAL.
They contravene the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conl...

1) Go to the FTC page http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
2) Click on "File a Complaint" (on the left column).
It's a bit slow so be patient.
3) Click on "FTC Complaint Assistant" (On the right)
4) Is your complaint concerning identity theft - NO (hit next)
5) Dissatisfaction with other Business Practices (hit next)
6) Select "Internet" and "Other Internet Practices" (hit next)
7) I have a complaint about my options (or lack of) for protecthing my privacy online. (you can also select option 1 if you have children in your email list). (hit next).
8) Do you know the name of the company (Yes) (hit next)
For the company details enter www.yaari.com. You can use Prerna@yaari.com for the email. (Just put zero dollars).
For Step 5, I put the following in the additional info
"This company is a social networking site. They contacted me by sending an invitation that impersonated the email identity of someone known to me. After signing up on their site http://www.yaari.com I found out that they take all of the addresses from my email address book and send invitation emails to each contact that claim to be from me. I believe that this practice contravenes the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act."

-- Please don't just grumble. Make a difference: File a complaint with the FTC.
Tim

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