Consumer Apps · Dating · Regulatory action + Private litigation + Data breach
OkCupid (Match Group)
Headline
OkCupid was named in the SAME January 2026 breach as Hinge and Match (an alleged 10+ million records, an unverified claim) — In March 2026 the FTC announced a proposed settlement (no monetary penalty) alleging OkCupid…
OkCupid was named in the SAME January 2026 breach as Hinge and Match (an alleged 10+ million records, an unverified claim) — In March 2026 the FTC announced a proposed settlement (no monetary penalty) alleging OkCupid shared nearly three million user photos with AI company Clarifai.
- Severity
- Evidence tierUnassigned
- Claims confirmed
- Last verified2026-08-04
Primary source. www.upguard.com/news/match-data-breach-2026-01-29 — Verified - primary source confirmed.
Terms
Arbitration
Same Match Group-wide mandatory arbitration + cross-platform ban policy as Hinge/Tinder.
Data sharing
SEPARATE, SPECIFIC FTC ACTION (March 30, 2026): 'FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party' — a more recent and OkCupid-SPECIFIC enforcement action distinct from the 2019 fake-ads case that only named Match.com. The FTC alleged OkCupid shared nearly three million user photos plus demographic and location data with AI company Clarifai (in which OkCupid's founders were investors) contrary to its privacy policy; it was resolved by a proposed 20-year consent order with no monetary penalty, a settlement and not an adjudicated finding, but OkCupid's own exposure, separate from its parent's other issues.
Fees and billing
Not itemized this pass.
Contacts
Privacy contact. Not recorded.
Legal notice. Not verified this pass. If publicly traded: SEC Form 10-K cover page gives the official corporate address; the Secretary of State business-entity search in the state of incorporation gives the registered agent, which must accept service. If private: the state registered agent is usually the only reliable route.
Mailing address. Not recorded.
Evidence
| Claim | Kind | Support | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. OkCupid was named in the same January 2026 breach as Hinge and Match. | fact | supported | none recorded |
| 2. The breach involved 10+ million records. | fact | supported | none recorded |
| 3. The breach came via a third-party vendor. | fact | contradicted | none recorded |
| 4. OkCupid is part of the FTC's $14 million settlement over 'fake love interest' emails. | fact | unsupported | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 5. The FTC found the company knowingly sent messages from accounts it had already identified as fraudulent. | fact | unsupported | 1 (0 confirmed) |
| 6. The messages were meant to get people to pay for a subscription to respond to a match that was not real. | fact | unsupported | none recorded |
0 of 6 claims have a confirmed source of their own.
Sources
| Source | Claim | Tier | Status | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| court · 2025-08-13 | Claim 4 | Unassigned | corrected | “Judgment in the amount of Fourteen Million Dollars ($14,000,000) is entered in favor of the Commission against Defendants” Quote basis: not recorded. |
| court · 2025-08-13 | Claim 5 | Unassigned | corrected | “Defendants neither admit nor deny any of the allegations in the Complaint, except as specifically stated in this Order.” Quote basis: not recorded. |
Source vault
Link status: Candidate - not yet fetched
| Document | Last fetch | |
|---|---|---|
| Privacy policy okcupid.com/legal/privacy | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Terms of service okcupid.com/legal/terms | Not fetched yet | NO (HTML only) |
| Website No URL recorded | Not fetched yet | — |
| Primary source https://www.upguard.com/news/match-data-breach-2026-01-29 Verification: Verified - primary source confirmed | Not fetched yet | — |
Enforcement
No enforcement actions are linked to this row.
State statute
No HQ state on file, so no state statute applies by headquarters.
Related companies
Same parent: Match Group, Inc.
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