When was aol.com created

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From onward, Case nurtured Quantum from a few thousand members to more than , In , Quantum was renamed America Online. By , AOL introduced its own email addresses, a Windows version and access to the rest of the Internet for its users. Those moves led to some backlash—which soon became a recurring theme for the company. At that time, one of the biggest sources of tension was that the Internet had previously been available mostly for people affiliated with colleges and universities.

The backlash was echoed the following year when AOL picked up Netscape. In , another class action was filed against AOL due to allegations that the company was double-billing its subscribers for more than two years through a scheme called "spin-off sub-accounts".

According to the allegations, subscribers were billed two times for their subscription fees at the beginning and at the end of every month. In , AOL signed a settlement agreement with the complainants of the double-billing class action law suit. According to Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, AOL agreed to make consumer restitution and to forgive consumer debts related to the double-billing issue.

In , AOL faced another class action law suit at the Northern California District Court after releasing 20 million search records from approximately , members for a period of three months. The complainants alleged that the company violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and conducted fraudulent and deceptive business practices such as false advertising and unjust enrichment. AOL's action allowed anyone to see what each person was searching for, and their sensitive information such as credit card, telephone and social security numbers.

In addition, the company took steps to improve their privacy policy.