A Millionaire Match user must arbitrate his claims that the dating site unlawfully collected and disclosed user data in violation of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act, the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday in a reversal.
The site provided sufficient notice of its service agreement—which contains a binding arbitration provision—that Michael Massel consented to when he created his account, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion.
Massel filed a proposed class action against Millionaire Match, also known as Successfulmatch.com, for allegedly retaining and disclosing the biometric data of its users without their consent. ...
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