OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.

The FTC said that “OkCupid provided the third party with access to nearly three million OkCupid user photos as well as location and other information without placing any formal or contractual restrictions on how the information could be used.” OkCupid “did not inform consumers or give them the chance to opt out of such sharing,” the FTC said.

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      Have they continued to do so? Ha ha, joking, of course they have, this is just what was leaked or whatever. Fucking Terms of Service, most of that used to be thrown out of court. But since the federalist society fucked our courts they now do, have long done, only totally official around idk 2010’s or so when scotus endorsed employers and retailers making all employees or purchasers waive their rights to pursue redress in court to be employed or buy a product.

      • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        The closing paragraph is pretty elucidating

        “The FTC enforces the privacy promises that companies make,” said Christopher Mufarrige, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “We will investigate, and where appropriate, take action against companies that promise to safeguard your data but fail to follow through—even if that means we have to enforce our Civil Investigative Demands in court.

        Translation: hire a lawyer to update your privacy policy to permit selling your user’s data, and the FTC will let you do whatever you want

  • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    The FTC said the data-sharing violated the OkCupid privacy policy,
    …
    OkCupid spokesperson said in a statement provided to Ars today. “The alleged conduct at issue does not reflect how OkCupid operates today. Over the years, we have further strengthened our privacy practices and data governance to ensure we meet the expectations of our users.”

    Translation: we updated our privacy policy to indicate that we can sell our user’s data to third parties, so now we can fuck our users without breaking laws

  • ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    931·
    2 days ago

    When a threat actor steals your data from a company they’re obligated to tell you. When a company sells your data, you find out like this.

    I haven’t used OKC in over 10 years. Am I affected? Is it new accounts? Wtf.

    Edit: NOICE!

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
    531·
    3 days ago

    Yeah, that’s pretty sketchy. It’s not just that the OkCupid users didn’t consent, but that on top of that, it’s questionable that they were even acting in OkCupid’s interests, which they are supposed to be doing.

    In September 2014, the CEO of Clarifai, Inc. e-mailed one of OkCupid’s founders requesting that Humor Rainbow give Clarifai, Inc. (i.e., the Data Recipient) access to large datasets of OkCupid photos. Despite not having any business relationship with Humor Rainbow, the Data Recipient sought Humor Rainbow’s assistance because each of OkCupid’s founders, including Humor Rainbow’s President and Match Group, LLC’s CEO, were financially invested in the Data Recipient.

    In response to this request, Humor Rainbow gave the Data Recipient access to nearly three million OkCupid user photos. Humor Rainbow’s President and Chief Technology Officer were directly involved in facilitating the data transfer. In addition to user photos, Humor Rainbow shared other personal data with the Data Recipient, including each user’s demographic and location information.

    Humor Rainbow never executed a formal agreement or set forth restrictions governing the Data Recipient’s access to, or use of, the OkCupid user data. The Data Recipient did not pay for the data and never provided any services to Humor Rainbow or on behalf of OkCupid.

    That is, that sounds like they were basically using substantial amounts of company assets to benefit themselves rather than the company that they were responsible to.

      • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        True, but their customers include military. So they’ll probably be more focused on harming queer folks

        • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          Fascists need lots of scapegoats for their piss poor handling of everything. This affects everyone, you better believe it, and these clowns sincerely want to target white leftists more than anything.

  • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    Well, I guess it’s good they deleted my account.

    I was pretty pissed after all the work I had put into my account, only to find they purged old inactive accounts after some years.

    Now I’m less pissed…

  • sexy_peach@feddit.orgEnglish
    34·
    2 days ago

    I want to see the world where all the data broker and seller types and companies are prosecuted and get hard punishments. Some need to be shut down, others restructured so they can’t do it again, some CEOs probably need to be jailed

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    305·
    2 days ago

    Just another reason why you don’t provide online platforms with such pictures.

    • teyrnon@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Indeed, we need a movement to withdraw from the internet with all of our personal details, and to reject it entirely if the government forces it.

      I am serious, we didn’t have the internet when I was growing up, and everything worked better than now. We were happier too. The internet has proven to be cancer on society.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      1 day ago

      For Facebook, sure

      But for a dating profile, if you don’t provide a photo of your face, you’re not gonna get any dates…

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        Have you tried dating in the real world? There is no need to upload your face…

  • obey@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    5·
    2 days ago

    I guess similar goes with all AI gpt chats even if you delete or tick box not to improve models. I think they profile everything and connect to your virtual persona which creates amazing source of knowledge how to sell shit to you via ads. Or eventually enforce some sort of thought police. Terms and conditions do not apply to big american tech if government interests are involved

  • MrSulu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    121·
    2 days ago

    Again, another reason not to trust financial companies with our information. Somewhat similarly, in the UK restaurants are given food hygiene rating out of 5, updated frequently. You know where it’s safer to eat. We desperately need the same structured system for online providers that hold information.

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      51·
      2 days ago

      Again, another reason not to trust financial companies with our information.

      OkCupid isn’t a financial company. They’re a dating service.

  • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    410·
    2 days ago

    Well, it’s not like you put your face in there to be hidden. Your photos are explicitely public. They just sold them an easier way for collecting the pics, but a simple scraper would have collected (and probably many are right now) the images.