Because of Automatic Updates, Symantec Demanded

Because of Norton Antivirus subscription program it automatically up-date a citizen of New York’s demanding security firm Symantec. According to a report, in 2007 Kenneth Elan about register to use the tool Symantec Norton Antivirus, but when the subscription period ends in November 2009, he found that the automatic subscription period is extended for another year.

This and the bill of U.S. $ 76 make this case to apply the green table. Elan annoyed because he was not notified of the charges, a practice that has made Symantec sentenced to fines. At that time, in a case that also occurred in New York, Symantec sentenced to a fine of U.S. $ 375,000 and ordered to give notice to its users for the update.

At that Attorney General Cuomo said, “Companies can’t play hide and seek with the costs charged to consumers. Consumers have the right to know what they pay, Read the rest of this entry »