by David Evans | Legal
Jdate, part of the Spark Networks dating site network, is being sued by one Soheil Davood, who claims he was taunted by an automated message telling him that he was rejected when he called a women he met on the site. Suing over a stinging practical joke is one thing,...
by David Evans | Legal
Yahoo has filed a patent titled “Method and system for customizing views of information associated with a social network user.” snip… A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards managing a view of a social network user’s personal...
by David Evans | Legal
Looks like there are many changes to the Consumer Protection act for Ontario. Any Canadian dating sites want to weigh in about the effects the new rules have on their sites and how they transact business with customers? [tags: molson]
by David Evans | Legal
A woman is suing Yahoo! for $3 million over the fact that they didn’t remove nude photos of her that her ex boyfriend posted on several free Yahoo! profiles site. Not personals, profiles. Yahoo has millions of them, you get one for free if you sign up for any...
by David Evans | Legal
Mark Brooks writes that FriendFinder filed suit against affiliate managers, Jack Mardack and Sean Barrett for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and defamation, among other charges, after they left the company and formed Profit Lab, which does...
by David Evans | Legal
Businessweek has an article on True.com legislation. Match.com, Yahoo (YHOO ), Microsoft (MSFT ), and many others argue that Vest is playing up problems that don’t exist. They contend that online dating is safer than, say, meeting someone in a bar and that they...