<p>LinkedIn: 10 Important Changes Professional social networking site LinkedIn denied charges that it breaks into member email accounts and uploads their address books.</p><p>In a 46-page complaint filed on Tuesday in a San Jose, Calif., federal court, four LinkedIn users seeking class-action status accused the company of impersonating them in order to obtain access to their email contacts. More Social Business InsightsWebcasts More &gt;&gt;White Papers More &gt;&gt;Reports More &gt;&gt;</p><p>"When users sign up for LinkedIn they are required to provide an external email address as their username and to set up a new password for their LinkedIn account," the complaint said. "If a LinkedIn user leaves an external email account open, LinkedIn pretends to be that user and downloads the email addresses contained anywhere in that account to Linkedln's servers. LinkedIn is able to download these addresses without requesting the password for the external email accounts or obtaining users' consent."</p><p>[ It's a good idea to refresh your LinkedIn profile once a month. Read more: LinkedIn Tips: 5 Ways to Strengthen Your Profile. ]</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/social-business/social_networking_consumer/linkedin-responds-to-email-grabbing-suit/240161630">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.business2community.com/linkedin/linkedin-add-change-remove-email-address-linkedin-0614976">LinkedIn How to Add, Change or Remove Your Email Address on LinkedIn</a> (Business 2 Community)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dbmdUYEOaKb9QoMgxSyB2jV2xmCXM&ned=us">109 additional articles.</a></p>