--- title: FTC settles OkCupid data scandal with no fin | daily.dev description: Clarifai, a facial-recognition AI company, has confirmed deleting approximately three million OkCupid user photos and the models trained on them, following an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ftc-settles-okcupid-data-scandal-with-no-fin-srdl1arhw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FTC settles OkCupid data scandal with no fin | daily.dev og:description: Clarifai, a facial-recognition AI company, has confirmed deleting approximately three million OkCupid user photos and the models trained on them, following an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ftc-settles-okcupid-data-scandal-with-no-fin-srdl1arhw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sRdL1ARhw.png og:image:alt: FTC settles OkCupid data scandal with no fin og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FTC settles OkCupid data scandal with no fin **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Clarifai, a facial-recognition AI company, has confirmed deleting approximately three million OkCupid user photos and the models trained on them, following an FTC settlement with OkCupid and parent company Match Group. The data was transferred in 2014 without user knowledge or consent, violating OkCupid's own privacy policy. The settlement imposes a 20-year ban on misrepresenting data practices but carries no financial penalties, as the FTC lacks authority to fine under Section 5 of the FTC Act. Critics, including Representative Lori Trahan, argue the penalty-free deal fell short. Clarifai was not accused of wrongdoing. The case raises concerns about whether facial-recognition models trained on intimate dating-platform photos may persist elsewhere in the AI ecosystem. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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