The Verge reports that Match.com reactivated a bunch of old profiles, without asking. This raises many concerns about user data for those that might have missed the Facebook discussions recently.
[...] A Match Group spokesperson confirmed that a “limited number” of old accounts had been accidentally reactivated recently and that any account affected received a password reset. Match.com’s current privacy statement, which was last updated in 2016, says that the company can “retain certain information associated with your account” even after you close it. But that Match Group spokesperson also told The Verge that the company plans to roll out a new privacy policy “in the next month or so,” in order to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); under the new policy, all those years-old accounts will be deleted. The Verge has requested clarification on which accounts will qualify for deletion, and what “deletion” will specifically entail, but has not received a response as of press time.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by archfeld on Thursday April 26 2018, @02:57AM (3 children)
That's just what I need is for a friend of the GF to see a zombie profile of me on a dating site...
It would be like getting into the cash cab and having the wife see you with the mistress on your way to a hotel.
For the NSA : Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators, initiators, main charge, nuclear charge
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @03:42AM (2 children)
It's not just that having profiles activated that aren't live is a way of boosting their numbers to pretend like it's a better deal than it really is.
Online dating tends to suck. The women tend to be more or less hookers just looking for some guy with the money and resources they want and are more than willing to fuck themselves over in the process. It's amazing to me how many women on there are in their late 30s because they didn't understand the concepts of the wall and the biological clock. A woman in her 30s likely needs fertility help to get pregnant and a woman approaching 40 is likely unable to conceive at all, even with help.
And yet those 30 something women behave like they've still got the leverage even as their looks fade and they have nothing much else to offer.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @01:48PM (1 child)
Nice to see beta male cucks and feminists still get mod points here. Hate to rock the boat by calling women out for misbehavior. Couldn't have that.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 26 2018, @09:28PM
Next time add on that men tend to be very shallow and even ugly fuckers will only want the hotty. Also men tend to send nasty shit to women.
Not addressing that part of the online dating scene just shows you to be a mysoginistic angry nerd, further cemented by your tantrum about beta cucks and feminists.
Get help, meditate, whatever works for you.