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YouTuber Legal Eagle Suing Over PayPal’s Honey Extension
A lawsuit has been filed against PayPal and its Honey browser extension by YouTuber Legal Eagle, alleging that the company’s affiliate link practices are deceptive and constitute theft. The complaint was brought forth on December 29th in California’s Northern District Court.
According to the allegations made in the suit, PayPal’s Honey extension is replacing creators’ affiliate links with its own, even if it doesn’t offer any actual benefits to shoppers. This practice, Legal Eagle claims, deprives creators of monetary compensation and interferes with their relationships with business partners. The plaintiffs are seeking class action status to represent anyone who has been a part of an affiliate program and had their link redirected to PayPal as a result of the Honey browser extension.
PayPal’s VP of corporate communications, Josh Criscoe, acknowledged in a previous statement that they follow industry rules and practices, including last-click attribution. This means that the most recent affiliate with a sale at checkout is credited with the commission. However, Legal Eagle argues that PayPal is exploiting this standard practice by using it in a deceitful and clandestine manner.
The complaint lists other ways PayPal allegedly claims affiliate commissions. These include offering rewards through its Honey Gold Program and encouraging users to “Get Rewarded with PayPal,” which prompts them to check out using the payment service. The lawsuit demands that the court order PayPal to pay damages to creators and permanently forbid it from swapping its own affiliate attribution at checkout.
To date, no comment has been issued by PayPal regarding the suit.
Source: www.theverge.com
