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FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party (www.ftc.gov)
submitted 18 hours ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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the FTC alleged that OkCupid gave an unauthorized third party access to the personal data of millions of OkCupid users in violation of its privacy policies.

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 10 points 8 hours ago

I think this doesn't go far enough. The problem isn't just okcupid, problem is the data. Any company they sold face data to should be required to delete it, it should be treated as receiving stolen property that must be returned. The users of the site did not consent to have their faces shared with the database companies, so the only true redress for the users is to get those faces out of the database.