Comments on: Tagged.com Engaged In Identity Theft and Spamming Says New York Attorney General http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/08/14/taggedcom-engaged-in-identity-theft-and-spamming-says-new-york-attorney-general/ The premier destination for African-American’s in Technology and New Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:51:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Guest http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/08/14/taggedcom-engaged-in-identity-theft-and-spamming-says-new-york-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-31504 Guest Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:45:23 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=6614#comment-31504 There's an example of odd behavior -- as opposed to saying you were with tag at the start of your post, you waited until the very end --- sketchy. In addition, your CEO was already fined for similar behavior. There’s an example of odd behavior — as opposed to saying you were with tag at the start of your post, you waited until the very end — sketchy. In addition, your CEO was already fined for similar behavior.

]]> By: Steve Sarner http://www.blackweb20.com/2009/08/14/taggedcom-engaged-in-identity-theft-and-spamming-says-new-york-attorney-general/comment-page-1/#comment-31495 Steve Sarner Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:25:02 +0000 http://www.blackweb20.com/?p=6614#comment-31495 Barry - I'd like to point you and your readers to a recent article by the CEO of Tagged regarding this matter....here's the first part of the post from Tagged's Blog: There has been a lot of press regarding New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s announcement yesterday that he intends to bring a lawsuit against Tagged. We are dismayed that Cuomo’s office, which has shown itself to be fairly well-versed in the Internet, would issue an inaccurate and inflammatory accusation. We can only believe that they have not carefully reviewed the facts. So here are the facts. Let them speak for themselves. Tagged has not “raided” email address books, “stolen identities” or “spammed” millions of people. The descriptive analogy to “breaking into a home, stealing address books, and sending phony mail” to a person’s contacts is evocative, but it is not accurate. The ”invite your friends” practice that the A/G’s office objects to has been standard practice among all top social networks for over five years. To compare this practice to “spam” or “identity theft” generates unnecessary alarm among consumers. Like those social networks – including Facebook and MySpace – Tagged allows its users, if they choose, to import their email contacts from any of four popular email services (Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail or AOL Mail) to identify contacts that are already members of Tagged and to invite their contacts (including non-members) to join their network on Tagged. Please read the rest here of the post : http://blog.tagged.com/?m=200907 Yes - I am with Tagged and I appreciate this opportunity to add additional clarification and perspective with you and the readers of Black Web 2.0. I also would like to note that our members continue to use and enjoy the site by the millions everyday and we are working closely with the NYAG office to resolve the matter soon. Thank you again Steve Barry – I’d like to point you and your readers to a recent article by the CEO of Tagged regarding this matter….here’s the first part of the post from Tagged’s Blog:

There has been a lot of press regarding New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s announcement yesterday that he intends to bring a lawsuit against Tagged.

We are dismayed that Cuomo’s office, which has shown itself to be fairly well-versed in the Internet, would issue an inaccurate and inflammatory accusation. We can only believe that they have not carefully reviewed the facts.

So here are the facts. Let them speak for themselves.

Tagged has not “raided” email address books, “stolen identities” or “spammed” millions of people. The descriptive analogy to “breaking into a home, stealing address books, and sending phony mail” to a person’s contacts is evocative, but it is not accurate.

The ”invite your friends” practice that the A/G’s office objects to has been standard practice among all top social networks for over five years. To compare this practice to “spam” or “identity theft” generates unnecessary alarm among consumers.

Like those social networks – including Facebook and MySpace – Tagged allows its users, if they choose, to import their email contacts from any of four popular email services (Microsoft Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail or AOL Mail) to identify contacts that are already members of Tagged and to invite their contacts (including non-members) to join their network on Tagged.

Please read the rest here of the post : http://blog.tagged.com/?m=200907

Yes – I am with Tagged and I appreciate this opportunity to add additional clarification and perspective with you and the readers of Black Web 2.0. I also would like to note that our members continue to use and enjoy the site by the millions everyday and we are working closely with the NYAG office to resolve the matter soon.

Thank you again

Steve

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