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posted by chromas on Thursday April 26 2018, @02:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the whoops dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @04:31AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @04:31AM (#672492)

    It's not fair only FaceTwit gets to have millions of ghost users. I understand it sure helps getting that sweet funding...