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The Romance Scam Prevention Act Is Now Law. Dating Apps Have Until October 2027.
Match and Grindr Report Next Week. Here Is What to Watch.
States Challenge Character.AI's Sale Process Ahead of October 30 Hearing
Match Group Partners With India's Cybercrime Centre on Romance Scam Warnings
Three Plead Guilty in $9 Million Romance Fraud Case Built on Fake Dating Profiles
- PolicyThe Romance Scam Prevention Act Is Now Law. Dating Apps Have Until October 2027.
President Trump signed the Romance Scam Prevention Act on October 20. From October 2027, dating services must warn users who messaged an account banned for fraud, usually within 24 hours.
PolicySenate Report Says Tinder Went Years Without Updating Most of Its Scam Detection ModelsA Joint Economic Committee minority report found most of Tinder's scam detection models had not been updated in years and that nearly 1.5 million bad actors matched with U.S. users on Tinder and Hinge in the first nine months of 2025.
PolicyNorway Fines Microsoft's Xandr NOK 92 Million Over Grindr User DataNorway's Datatilsynet fined Xandr, now part of Microsoft, NOK 92 million for unlawfully processing Grindr users' personal data in its advertising business.
PolicyeHarmony's Australian Loss Is a Subscription Design Warning for Every Dating AppAn Australian court formally declared eHarmony's free-dating, auto-renewal and pricing practices unlawful. Penalties and redress are next.
PolicyAustralia Is Turning Dating Safety Into a Legal Duty. Here Is What It Costs.Dating apps will need annual written risk assessments under Australia's proposed digital duty of care. What it costs operators, and why it won't stay local.
PolicyCongress Passes the Romance Scam Prevention ActDating apps will have to warn users when someone they messaged is banned for fraud. Platforms get a year to comply once it's signed.
PolicySingapore's Government Launches Its Own Dating Service for Civil ServantsSingapore's GovTech launched FirstDate, a Singpass-verified dating pilot for public officers aged 21 to 35 that delivers one match per cycle.
PolicyOfcom Sets a Compliance Floor Only Big Dating Apps Can ClearOfcom's new Online Safety Act compliance guidance requires dating platforms serving UK users to implement highly effective age verification, rapid illegal content removal, and risk assessments coverin…
PolicyThe UK's Under-16 Ban Is a Dry Run for Dating Age ChecksThe UK government's proposed ban on social media for under-16s covers TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, X, livestreaming services, and gaming platforms with communication features, legis…
PolicyA Claimed Grindr Breach Hits the Dark Web. Grindr Denies It.A cybercriminal identifying as "nilojeda" is attempting to sell an alleged database of 15 million Grindr (GRND) user records on dark web marketplaces, claiming the data includes usernames, email addre…
PolicyDatingBuzz Denies a 670,000-Record Breach and Answers NothingThreat actors claim to be selling 670,000 DatingBuzz user records on dark web forums, including emails, passwords, chat logs, and partner preferences. DatingBuzz denies the breach, stating the alleged…
PolicyCanadian Dating Operators Are Fighting the Wrong Fraud WarMore than 25% of fraudulent payment cases in Canada involve stolen credit cards and unauthorized charges, 32% higher than the global average of 19%. Nearly 12% of Canadian respondents reported experie…
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