OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says
OkCupid and its owner Match Group reached a settlement with the Trump administration for not telling dating-app customers that nearly 3 million user photos were shared with a company making a facial recognition system. OkCupid also gave the facial recognition firm access to user location information and other details without customers' consent, the Federal Trade Commission said.
OkCupid and Match do not have to pay a financial penalty in a deal made with the FTC over an incident from 2014. OkCupid and Match did not admit or deny the allegations but agreed to a permanent prohibition barring them from misrepresenting how they use and share personal data, the FTC said yesterday.
The FTC has been run entirely by Republicans since President Trump fired both Democratic commissioners. The proposed settlement requires approval from a judge and was submitted in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.