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Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by Sylos on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @12:07PM (#15696908)
Their privacy statement is pretty clear. That's a legally binding document and lying in that will get you pretty high fines even in the US.
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Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by trendia on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @12:19PM (#15697051)
Netflix was sued because they kept rental history on former customers.

Netflix revenue: $8,800,000,000

Lawsuit amount: $9,000,000 (or approx 0.1%)

Lawyers received: $2,100,000

Plaintiffs received: $30,000

[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/class-action-law...

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Re:Firefox 57.0 Released by Oishikatta on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:46PM (#15697929)
You can't compare to revenue, that makes no sense.

Netflix's global net income in 2012 was apparently $17 million.

A $9 million fine is then over half of their annual income.

[0] https://www.scribd.com/mobile/document/121853053/Netflix-4Q-...

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