Capital One被控偷取網紅佣金訴訟纏身!




Capital One須面對社交媒體創作者訴訟 指控盜取銷售佣金

根據美國維珍尼亞州亞歷山大市美國地區法官Anthony Trenga於週一晚作出的裁決,Capital One必須應對一宗由社交媒體創作者發起的集體訴訟。這些創作者指控,該銀行的免費瀏覽器擴展程式在消費者購買他們推廣的產品和服務時,非法攔截並盜取了他們應得的銷售佣金。

案件涉及「聯盟營銷」模式,創作者透過在其平台及社交媒體頻道上分享由商家或第三方營銷商提供的推廣連結,從而賺取佣金。原告創作者指稱,Capital One旗下的Capital One Shopping瀏覽器擴展程式,現時有超過一千萬用戶使用,其在結帳時會改寫追蹤碼,令系統誤以為消費者是直接從Capital One的連結購買商品,從而令銀行攔截了本應支付給創作者的佣金。

法官Trenga認為,創作者合理地提出指控,指Capital One明知或理應知道其行為,並可以追究銀行不當得利、干擾合約及創作者賺錢能力,以及違反聯邦《電腦詐騙與濫用法案》的責任。不過,法官駁回了有關「轉換」的指控及其他四項州法律訴求。

Capital One於週二未有即時回應傳媒置評請求。銀行方面在尋求駁回訴訟時表示,佣金的分配應由商家自行決定,並指此案反映了創作者對商家「未必完全承認他們所做努力」的失望。

代表創作者的律師Norman Siegel表示,團隊期待繼續推進此案的訴訟程序。

此外,科技巨頭微軟及支付平台PayPal亦面臨類似訴訟,針對其Microsoft Shopping及PayPal Honey瀏覽器擴展程式的佣金攔截問題。

Capital One是美國第六大商業銀行,去年五月收購了Discover Financial Services,並於2018年收購了線上購物初創公司Wikibuy,從而取得了這款瀏覽器擴展程式。

案件編號為In re Capital One Financial Corp Affiliate Marketing Litigation,於美國東區維珍尼亞法院審理。

評論與啟示

這宗訴訟揭示了現代數碼營銷生態中一個鮮為人知但極具爭議的問題——瀏覽器擴展程式如何可能干擾創作者的收入分配。聯盟營銷本質上依賴於透明和準確的銷售追蹤,以確保推廣者能獲得公平的佣金。然而,當像Capital One這樣的大型機構利用技術手段改寫追蹤碼,實際上等同於「攔截」了原本屬於創作者的收益,這不僅損害了創作者的利益,也破壞了整個聯盟營銷生態的信任基礎。

更深一層看,這反映了數碼時代資本強者如何運用技術優勢,重新分配價值鏈中的利益。對於創作者來說,這是警示信號,提醒他們必須更加謹慎監察合作平台的運作機制,甚至可能需要尋求法律手段保障自身權益。對於消費者而言,這種模式的存在也意味著他們無形中成為了爭奪佣金的「戰場」,而不一定能真正支持到心儀的創作者。

在監管層面,這類案件或促使政策制定者重新審視數碼營銷和廣告技術的透明度要求,確保所有參與方的權益均獲保障,避免市場被大型企業利用技術手段不公平壟斷。未來,我們或將見到更多針對瀏覽器擴展程式功能及其數據追蹤方式的監管規範。

總括而言,這不僅是一起商業糾紛,更是數碼經濟時代權益分配和技術倫理的縮影,值得業界、監管機構和公眾深思。

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