Symantec hit with lawsuit over auto-renewing subscription

Security firm Symantec has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for automatically renewing the subscription of a New York man. The crux of the case has to do with promises the company made in an earlier settlement after the New York Attorney General's office fined the company for this practice.

The earlier settlement, in which rival company McAfee was also involved, stipulated that both companies would, among other conditions, agree to "provide electronic notification to consumers before and after renewal of the subscriptions." The lawsuit alleged that Symantec failed to notify the plaintiff, Kenneth Elan of Port Washington, N.Y., over the impending auto-renewal of subscription fees. The company has yet to respond to the lawsuit at the moment.

For more on this story:
- check out the article at Computerworld 

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