LinkedIn用户习惯于收到太多的LinkedIn电子邮件，但他们今晚收到的一封邮件与往常大不相同：LinkedIn宣布，同意就发送不需要的电子邮件解决集体诉讼。这起诉讼围绕LinkedIn的添加连接功能展开，该功能将向用户联系人列表中尚未拥有LinkedIn帐户的人发送连接请求。用户必须同意发出第一个连接请求，但LinkedIn随后会发出最多两封“提醒邮件”，如果没有回应。诉讼称，用户不同意LinkedIn发送这些额外的电子邮件，也不允许LinkedIn在其中使用自己的姓名和图片。

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它将支付1300万美元，让用户取消提醒邮件

LinkedIn否认所有不当行为。尽管如此，它还是同意了一项和解协议，要求它向一个基金支付至少1300万美元，以便向符合诉讼条件的LinkedIn用户付款。一般来说，这些人将在2011年9月至2014年10月期间在LinkedIn上拥有账户，并通过添加连接功能发送电子邮件。此外，LinkedIn将更改其网站上的披露，以提及额外的提醒电子邮件。它还将在年底前增加一项功能，允许用户取消发送提醒邮件。

在向Business Insider提供的一份声明中，LinkedIn试图让自己听起来好像什么都没有发生：

LinkedIn recently settled a lawsuit concerning its Add Connecti*** product. In the lawsuit, a number of false accusati*** were made against LinkedIn. Based on its review of LinkedIn's product, the court agreed that these allegati*** were false and found that LinkedIn's members gave permission to share their email contacts with LinkedIn and to send invitati*** to connect on LinkedIn. Because the court also suggested that we could be more clear about the fact that we send reminder emails about pending invitati*** from LinkedIn members, we have made changes to our product and privacy policy. Ultimately, we decided to resolve this case so that we can put our focus where it matters most: finding additional ways to improve our members' experiences on LinkedIn. In doing so, we will continue to be guided by our core value — putting our members first.

虽然**确实没有发现通过LinkedIn的添加连接功能发出的最初电子邮件有任何问题，但实际上**发现，用户可能受到了第二封和第三封电子邮件的伤害。这可能就是LinkedIn决定继续支付1300万美元和解的原因。和解仍需经**批准；LinkedIn用户的信息可以在一个结算网站上找到。不管怎样，LinkedIn发送了太多不需要的邮件，这在一定程度上证明了LinkedIn无处不在的抱怨是正确的。

LinkedIn正在发送的邮件的核心内容转载如下。所有的重点都来自LinkedIn：

NOTICE OF PENDING CLASS ACTION AND NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

PERKINS V. LINKEDIN CORP. You are receiving this e-mail because you may have used LinkedIn's Add Connecti*** feature between September 17, 2011 and October 31, 2014. A federal court authorized this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. Why did I get this notice? This Notice relates to a proposed settlement ("Settlement") of a class action lawsuit ("Action") against LinkedIn Corporation ("LinkedIn") based on LinkedIn's alleged improper use of a service called "Add Connecti***" to grow its member base. What is the Action about? The Action challenges LinkedIn's use of a service called Add Connecti*** to grow its member base. Add Connecti*** allows LinkedIn members to import contacts from their external email accounts and email connection invitati*** to one or more of those contacts inviting them to connect on LinkedIn. If a connection invitation is not accepted within a certain period of time, up to two "reminder emails" are sent reminding the recipient that the connection invitation is pending. The Court found that members c***ented to importing their contacts and sending the connection invitation, but did not find that members c***ented to LinkedIn sending the two reminder emails. The Plaintiffs contend that LinkedIn members did not c***ent to the use of their names and likenesses in those reminder emails. LinkedIn denies these allegati*** and any and all wrongdoing or liability. No court or other entity has made a judgment or other determination of any liability. What relief does the Settlement provide? LinkedIn has revised disclosures, clarifying that up to two reminders are sent for each connection invitation so members can make fully-informed decisi*** before sending a connection invitation. In addition, by the end of 2015, LinkedIn will implement new functionality allowing members to stop reminders from being sent by canceling the connection invitation. LinkedIn has also agreed to pay $13 million into a fund that can be used, in part, to make payments to members of the Settlement Class who file approved claims. Attorneys representing the Settlement Class will petition the Court for payment of the following from the fund: (1) reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs up to a maximum of $3,250,000, and (2) service awards for the Plaintiffs up to a maximum of $1,500 each. The payment amount for members of the Settlement Class who file approved claims will be calculated on a pro rata basis, which means that it will depend on the total number of approved claims. If the number of approved claims results in a payment amount of less than $10, LinkedIn will pay an additional amount up to $750,000 into the fund. If the pro rata amount is so **all that it cannot be distributed in a way that is economically feasible, payments will be made, instead, to Cy Pres Recipients selected by the Parties and approved by the Court. No one knows in advance whether or in what amount payments will be made to claimants.