Great point. This is just one more mainstream company basically extorting money from unsuspecting customers. It happens everywhere now - no hold on this from the adult industry and the minimul fines of abuse is added to the cost of business and basically a slap on the wrist. You should send the information to your local news station and not just post it here - the consumer segment would probably welcome this story.
Companies are resorting to all kinds of tactics to sell their products and using misleading information and outright lies seem to be ok. Phone and Cable companies have been upselling their users information for years.
Now off point a little - but still important to know Equifax a Commission Junction client is allowing any third party advertiser to market their tools compromising our credit information. Consumer's personal information is fair game to every thief online Read the 2much media Nats depositions (not yet public but copies are out there - Charles and John may threaten your life if you report any of the specifics which makes me wonder) and the Commision Junction (class action by affiliates) law suit
http://www.pornafia.org/showthread.php?t=24 and you would understand the depths of the schemes and fraud and how the unethical and illegal use of technolgy has become common practice, In a verisign conference call recently they claim it will be 2 years to address the current threats so some of us hoping to influence legislation and laws to protect consumers have our work cut out for us.