ValueClick agrees to $1m settlement fund over adware

ValueClick agrees to $1m settlement fund over adware

A preliminary settlement has been approved in a class-action case against ad network ValueClick and its subsidiaries Commission Junction and Be Free. The case, which originated as two separate cases brought on behalf of the publishers and advertisers that worked with ValueClick, focused on the presence of adware within the Commission Junction/Be Free network and the company's inaction when it came to holding publishers to a code of conduct. As part of the settlement, ValueClick doesn't admit to any of the allegations, but it has agreed to pay $1 million into a settlement fund that will be used to compensate class members.