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    Meta's Skeletal Scans: A Privacy Rubicon for Dating Apps?

    Meta's Skeletal Scans: A Privacy Rubicon for Dating Apps?

    Meta now deploys AI to analyse height, bone structure, and physical markers in photos to identify users under 13 on Face…

    Wednesday 6th May (4 days ago) · 1 min readRead →
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    Social Media's $2.1B Scam Problem: A Wake-Up Call for Dating Apps

    Social Media's $2.1B Scam Problem: A Wake-Up Call for Dating Apps

    Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, an eightfold increase from previous years according to the Fe…

    Wednesday 29th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Duo's $810K Fine: A Wakeup Call for Asia's Matchmaking Industry

    Duo's $810K Fine: A Wakeup Call for Asia's Matchmaking Industry

    South Korea fined matchmaking firm Duo 1.2 billion won ($810,000) following a January 2025 breach affecting nearly 430,0…

    Tuesday 28th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Japan's Dating Subsidy: A Government-Curated Market Experiment

    Japan's Dating Subsidy: A Government-Curated Market Experiment

    Kochi Prefecture is offering residents aged 20 to 39 up to 20,000 yen (£93) annually to use state-approved matchmaking p…

    Wednesday 22nd April · 1 min readRead →
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    OkCupid's AI Data Deal: A Lesson in Privacy Oversight

    OkCupid's AI Data Deal: A Lesson in Privacy Oversight

    OkCupid transferred 3 million user photos to AI firm Clarifai in 2014 without consent or written agreement The transfer …

    Wednesday 22nd April · 1 min readRead →
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    California's SB 598: The End of Anonymity for Dating Apps?

    California's SB 598: The End of Anonymity for Dating Apps?

    California's SB 598 would require dating platforms to conduct criminal background checks on all users and flag profiles …

    Tuesday 21st April · 1 min readRead →
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    India's KYC Mandate: The End of Anonymous Dating?

    India's KYC Mandate: The End of Anonymous Dating?

    India's Joint Committee on the Data Protection Bill has recommended mandatory KYC identity verification for all users of…

    Friday 17th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Gleeden's Regulatory Scrutiny: India's New Test for Morally Contentious Apps

    Gleeden has 4 million Indian members despite serving extramarital connections in a culturally conservative market India'…

    Monday 13th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Tinder's Biometric Mandate: A Trust Play or Privacy Gamble?

    Tinder's Biometric Mandate: A Trust Play or Privacy Gamble?

    Tinder has made facial verification compulsory for all new users in Singapore, its third market after the US and UK Matc…

    Friday 10th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Tinder's Dutch Biometric Mandate: A Test of Privacy vs. Dependency

    Tinder's Dutch Biometric Mandate: A Test of Privacy vs. Dependency

    From 4 April, Tinder will require all Dutch users to submit to mandatory facial biometric scanning or face permanent acc…

    Monday 6th April · 1 min readRead →
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    EU's Child Safety Lapse: A Compliance Crisis for Dating Apps

    EU's Child Safety Lapse: A Compliance Crisis for Dating Apps

    EU child safety derogation expired 3 April, removing legal basis for platforms to scan for CSAM despite privacy rules Go…

    Monday 6th April · 1 min readRead →
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    Match Group's $3.9M Insurance Battle: A Lesson in Notification Precision

    Match Group's $3.9M Insurance Battle: A Lesson in Notification Precision

    Match Group is suing insurance broker Marsh USA for $3.9M after a 48-hour notification delay allegedly voided coverage f…

    Thursday 2nd April · 1 min readRead →