The lawyers at United Online-owned Classmates.com are busy; the social networking site is paying up to $9.5 million, along with $1.3 million in legal fees, to settle a class action lawsuit charging that it violated members’ privacy rights. TechFlash—which first reported the settlement—says the site sent free subscribers promotional e-mails which (wrongly) implied that former classmates were trying to contact them in an attempt to get them to upgrade to paid subscriptions. Separately, Classmates.com is also being sued for making some user profile information public earlier this year. Members had the option to opt out—but plaintiffs in the case say the move is “confusing to consumers and is deceptive,” according to Wired.