Ask HN: Is Apollo.io Ripe for a Class Action Lawsuit

3 points by dhfbshfbu4u3 7 days ago

For those of you who many not be aware, YC startup Apollo.io is the largest distributor of business email and contact information for lead generation. If you run a business (especially e-commerce), Apollo.io is the reason you receive dozens of solicitations each day. Without their lead gen database, your spam wouldn't exactly go away but it would be a little more difficult for services like Charm.io and others to scrape and bake your addresses. After receiving untold numbers of solicitations over the years, I started asking myself... is this company a good target for a class action lawsuit? The scope of damages would be quite large. Thoughts?