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Content euros AGCOM sanctions Ltd Easydownload
November 15, 2010 AGCOM with the decision made at the meeting of 3.11.2010 has sanctioned the Euro Ltd Content for unfair business practices in relation to the site www.easy-download.info .
The total penalty is $ 960,000.
The fact: the consumer who is unaware reached the site www.easy-download.info convinced to download software for free but was redirected to a web page to fill out an online form. The consumer, in fact, by filling out this form online said that they wanted to sign an annual contract at a cost of 96.00 euros. The information about this online contract were absolutely scarce and not recognizable by the average user, so much so that the subjects were numersosissimi "fallen into the trap." The company Euro Content Ltd has started to demand payment of the annual sum of € 96.00 to all those who were engaged with the online application form.
No comment deserves the conduct adopted by the company Euro Content Ltd with respect to privacy and the processing of personal data, considered - among others - that many people have received requests for payment without ever having filled out the form mentioned nor ever visited the page www.easy-download.info
An important role in the affair in question have taken some consumer groups, including the National Consumers Union , which deserves compliments for activities and for the proper assistance to those interested.
