• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2015 • VOLUME 83 • NO. 6 • 2 SECTIONS
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),567 5($' MADISON – The deadline for Wisconsin consumers to receive restitution from the state’s recent consent judgment against Classmates, Inc. is quickly approaching. To be considered for eligibility, consumer complaints to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection must be postmarked or received by Oct. 8. Classmates does business as Classmates.com, a social networking website for reconnecting with high school friends. Wisconsin obtained the consent judgment at the conclusion of a multi-state investigation involving 22 states. Pursuant to the settlement, the company is required to deposit $3 million in an account to pay restitution to affected consumers in those states. Those eligible for restitution include Classmates customers who enrolled in the company’s subscription services on or after Jan. 1, 2008. The complaints must involve the conduct addressed in the consent judgment including: Classmates charging the consumer’s account without the consumer’s authorization; Classmates using automatic subscription renewals without the consumer’s knowledge; or Classmates charging the consumer’s account after the consumer cancelled the subscription services. Within 90 days of the end of the claim period, Classmates will send to each consumer who submitted an eligible complaint a refund check for the amount the consumer alleges he/she paid in unauthorized charges, minus DQ\ DPRXQW DOUHDG\ UHIXQGHG E\ WKH FRPSDQ\ ,I \RX ZLVK WR ÀOH D FRPSODLQW YLVLW WKH '$7&3 ZHEVLWH DW GDWFS ZLVFRQVLQ JRY WR ÀOH RQOLQH RU WR GRZQORDG D complaint form. To request a complaint form by mail, call DATCP’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-800-422-7128. - from DATCP ••• MINNESOTA/WISCONSIN - Wisconsin drivers are even more likely to hit a deer, about 1 in 77 drivers will do it in 2015. That’s up from 1 in 85 last year. Drivers in Minnesota will hit about 41,207 deer in 12 months, up from 37,549 last year, DFFRUGLQJ WR HVWLPDWHV ÀJXUHG IURP 6WDWH )DUP FODLPV :LVFRQVLQ GULYHUV ZLOO KLW 54,280 deer, up from 47,669 last year. The increase in Minnesota and Wisconsin collisions with deer are due in large part to more deer on the landscape. Wildlife experts say deer numbers declined in 2013 and 2014 after harsh winters, but their numbers are now rebounding thanks to more conservative hunting seasons and milder winters. Wisconsin ranks the sixth most likely state for drivers to hit a GHHU ZLWK 0LQQHVRWD FORVH EHKLQG DW VHYHQWK 6RXWK 'DNRWD UDQNV ÀIWK QDWLRQDOO\ in odds of hitting a deer, at 1 in 73, also up from 2014. Drivers in both Minnesota and Wisconsin have more than double the national odds, 1 in 169, of hitting a GHHU )RU WKH QLQWK \HDU LQ D URZ :HVW 9LUJLQLD WRSV WKH OLVW RI VWDWHV ZKHUH D collision is most likely, with 1 in 44 odds. Drivers in Hawaii are least likely to hit a deer, with 1 in 8,765 odds. Nationally, drivers will report collisions with deer nearly 1.25 million times this year. - with information from twincities.com
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