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PositiveSingles, A Dating Site For People With STIs, Fined $16.5M

Positivesingles screenshot nov 14SKY - Nov 5 - SuccessfulMatch, the parent company of Positive Singles, is ordered to pay $16.5M in damages for displaying members' images on other sites. A lawsuit alleged that the plaintiff - known only as John Doe - and other members of Positive Singles were misled about their privacy when they joined the site. A jury agreed with Mr Doe's claim, and ordered the dating company to pay $1.5M in compensation to him, plus $15M in punitive damages.

The full article was originally published at Sky News, but is no longer available.

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Summarized by Courtland Brooks Internet Dating Marketing Consulting

Nov 05, 2014 |

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