FTC Takes Action Against OkCupid and Match Group for Sharing User Photos with a Facial Recognition AI Company

On March 30, 2026, the Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas against Humor Rainbow, Inc. d/b/a OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas, LLC, alleging that OkCupid provided nearly three million users’ photos, demographic information, and location data to an unrelated facial recognition AI …

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The FTC’s New Age Verification Policy: Safe Passage Through the COPPA Catch-22—But Biometric, State, and Global Questions Remain

For years, digital platforms have faced a regulatory paradox at the heart of children’s privacy compliance. Under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), obligations turn on several factors: whether a service is primarily directed to children, whether it is a mixed-audience platform that opts to implement age-screening, and which categories of personal information are …

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The FTC's Enforcement Priorities & How To Ensure Compliance

The FTC’s Enforcement Priorities & How To Ensure Compliance

With technology rapidly evolving and eCommerce and related marketing changing with it, too, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under the Chair, Lina Khan, is increasingly taking a comprehensive approach to its equally broad mandate under Section 5 of the FTC Act which prohibits ”unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” Some have …

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