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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A major online dating company reached a settlement worth more than $2 million for violations of auto-renewal laws.
On Thursday, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced that Match Group, Inc. had agreed to pay $2 million in civil penalties and costs as part of a settlement of a consumer protection lawsuit.
Match Group, Inc. owns multiple dating services including Match.com, PlentyofFish, OkCupid and Tinder.
The lawsuit was filed back in November 2020 by the California Auto-Renewal Task Force, which includes the District Attorney s Offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties along with Santa Monica City Attorney s Office.
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