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Дата публикации: 23.10.2021

Your favorite dating site isn’t as private as you think

Online dating or Internet dating is a system that enables people to find and introduce themselves to potential connections over the Internet , usually with the goal of developing personal, romantic, or sexual relationships. An online dating service is a company that provides specific mechanisms generally websites or software applications for online dating through the use of Internet-connected personal computers or mobile devices. Such companies offer a wide variety of unmoderated matchmaking services, most of which are profile-based.

Online dating services allow users to become “members” by creating a profile and uploading personal information including but not limited to age, gender, sexual orientation, location, and appearance. Most services also encourage members to add photos or videos to their profile. Once a profile has been created, members can view the profiles of other members of the service, using the visible profile information to decide whether or not to initiate contact.

In a lawsuit, the government agency contended that the dating site tried to dupe hundreds of thousands of consumers into buying dating.

A dating site for “men and women in uniform” thought they found the perfect user profile to make the poster boy for their social media campaign: a smiling, single, handsome man dressed in police attire. But the man in the picture is a married officer and father, who insists he never made an account with the site, Uniformdating. Uniform Dating ran the ad in question using a picture of Guzman that identifies him as “Jason,” who is single.

Guzman said in his complaint he was shocked to see the ad and only learned of when multiple friends saw it and reached out. Guzman says he never used the site, and posted the photo which Uniform Dating used to his private Facebook page in April When Guzman asked NSI Holdings to stop using his image, the company first asked him to prove his identity.

When he did, NSI Holdings continued using the image anyway, the complaint alleges. In their motion to dismiss the suit, NSI Holdings says they took the image from a profile on their site, which they had permission to use. The company says it has permission to use any photo someone uploads to their site in advertisements, a clear part of their terms and conditions. Guzman is seeking statutory damages, actual and punitive damages, costs, interest, and restitution from NSI Holdings for the use of the photograph.

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