Earlier this month, Match Group, Inc. and Match Group, LLC, owners and operators of popular online dating services such as Match.com, OkCupid, PlentyOfFish and The League, agreed to pay $14 million, to stop misrepresenting the terms of its “six-month guarantee,” and to provide simple cancellation mechanisms in order to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from 2019.

The FTC’s complaint , brought under the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (“ROSCA”), alleged several deceptive or unfair practices to induce consumers to subscribe to Match.com and to keep them subscribed, including:

Guaranteeing certain consumers a free six-month subscription renewal if they fail to “meet someone special,” without adequately disclosing the material restrictions, limitat

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