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Civil Litigation

Oct. 16, 2018

Dating sites agree to pay $1.5M over automatic renewals

The parent company for dating websites Christian Mingle and Jdate agreed Monday to pay $1.5 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit involving automatic payments brought by California prosecutors.

The parent company for dating websites Christian Mingle and Jdate agreed Monday to pay $1.5 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit involving automatic payments brought by California prosecutors.

Santa Monica, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz prosecutors claimed the sites, owned by Los Angeles-based Spark Networks USA LLC, automatically renewed customer payments without their express prior consent as requ...

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