COURTHOUSE NEWS - A federal court in Washington denied Match Group's request to seal the case brought against it by the FTC regarding its deal to provide OkCupid's images to a start-up developing facial recognition technology. The New York Times published an article in July 2019 about the use of images of people's faces to build facial recognition technology, citing Clarifai's access to OkCupid's photos as an example. This prompted the FTC to initiate a non-public investigation into whether Match engaged in unfair competition by sharing consumer information, including photos, of OkCupid users.
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