LinkedIn shelling out $13 million for sending too many emails

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Sunday, October 4, 2015
This Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo shows LinkedIn's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. LinkedIn reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.
This Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo shows LinkedIn's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. LinkedIn reports quarterly financial results on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KGO) -- If you use LinkedIn, you may be in for a nice payday. The Bay Area-based company has agreed to shell out $13 million for sending out too many emails.

This settles a lawsuit over the site's "add connections" feature.

Some LinkedIn members were upset that contacts they'd requested to connect with had received multiple reminder emails.

If you're a member and you file a claim, you can get up to $1,500.

You have until December 14 to file.

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