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Capital One must face social media creators' lawsuit alleging stolen commissions

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Capital One must face lawsuit by social media creators who said bank's free browser extension stole their sales commissions when consumers bought their products and services.

Creators said extension made it appear at checkout as though consumers made purchases from merchants' sites after clicking referral links from the bank.

Microsoft and PayPal face similar litigation over their Microsoft Shopping and PayPal Honey extensions.

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