"OkCupid handed over nearly three million user photos, along with location and demographic data, without any formal agreement, without placing restrictions on how the data could be used, and without notifying users or allowing them to opt out."
"The proposed consent order, announced on 30 March 2026, prohibits OkCupid and its parent Match Group, which also operates Tinder, from misrepresenting their data practices for 20 years."
"Clarifai certified its deletion to the FTC on 7 April 2026, according to a document seen by Reuters, and told the office of US Representative Lori Trahan on 16 April that it had deleted any models trained on the data and had not shared it with third parties."
In 2014, OkCupid shared nearly three million user photos with Clarifai without user consent, violating its own privacy policy. The FTC settled with OkCupid and Match Group in March 2026, imposing a 20-year prohibition on misrepresenting data practices. Clarifai confirmed the deletion of the photos and related facial-recognition models, certifying this to the FTC. The incident began when Clarifai's founder sought access to OkCupid's data, leading to a breach of privacy that went unaddressed for years until the FTC's investigation was prompted by media coverage in 2019.
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