The Right Click » id fraud http://pillarcc.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Match.com Identity Fraud http://pillarcc.com/blog/2009/03/matchcom-identity-fraud/ http://pillarcc.com/blog/2009/03/matchcom-identity-fraud/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:59:42 +0000 Richard Lee http://therightclickblog.com/?p=125 In an online world where sites like Facebook and Twitter want to promote what you are doing, how would you like it if they suggested that you were doing something when you were not?

Match.com, the online dating site, is doing just that. Since online dating sites are trying very hard to keep up their dwindling memberships, they offer search results of people who have not been using the system, but show that they were last on just weeks ago, versus a lot longer.

How many people have had to explain to their boyfriend or girlfriend that the system was lying, that they were not online 3 weeks ago? How many relationships were destroyed by this false information?

If dating sites are trying to promote online dating they should all adhere to a code of ethics. Their marketing efforts should not promote a user’s online usage at all. They should merely mimick what happens in real life. And in that world, we respect our privacy.

Richard Lee
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