I-Match.com inikezela ukubhalisela iakhawunti simahla, kodwa ifuna umrhumo ohlawulelweyo ukuze uthumele kwaye uphendule imiyalezo yabucala.UStephen Osman / iLos Angeles Times ngokusebenzisa imifanekiso kaGetty Abagcini be-Intanethi balumkele: Ngexesha elizayo xa ufumana i thanda umyalezo ovela kumntu ongamaziyo , Kuya kufuneka uthintele umnqweno wakho wokuphendula.
Kule veki, iMatch.com, yenye yezona ndawo zinkulu zokuthandana kwintengiso, yabethwa ityala yiFederal Trade Commission (FTC) etyhola iqonga lokuqhatha izigidi zabasebenzisi ngemiyalezo yothando lobuqhetseba ethunyelwe ziakhawunti ezingeyonyani.
Ityala, lifakwe ngokuchasene neqela leMatch.com lenkampani yabazali, ekwanayo neTinder, OkCupid kunye nezinye iinkqubo zokuthandana, kutyholwa ukuba iMatch.com isebenzise iindlela ezintlanu ezikhohlisayo okanye ezingenabulungisa ukusukela ubuncinci ngo-2013 ukukhohlisa abathengi ukuba babhalisele iinkonzo ezihlawulelweyo kwaye emva koko kubenzima kubo ukurhoxisa izicwangciso.
IMatch.com inikezela ukubhalisela iakhawunti simahla, kodwa ifuna isicwangciso sobhaliso sabasebenzisi ukuba bathumelane umyalezo eqongeni. I-FTC ithi, ukuze kukhuthazwe abasebenzisi abaneeakhawunti zasimahla ukuba bathenge imirhumo, indawo yokubonana yabarhwebesha ngee-imeyile ezingezizo ezivela kwiiakhawunti ezingekhoyo. Omnye umyalezo wobuqhetseba, ngokwesikhalazo, funda, Uthumele nje nge-imeyile! Ubambe iliso lakhe kwaye ngoku uvakalise umdla kuwe… Ngaba inganganguye?
Siyakholelwa ukuba iMatch.com ikhonkxise abantu ekuhlawuleni umrhumo ngemiyalezo inkampani eyaziyo ukuba ivela kubakhwabanisi, u-Andrew Smith, umlawuli we-FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, yatsho kwingxelo . Iinkonzo zokuthandana kwi-Intanethi ngokucacileyo akufuneki ukuba zisebenzisa ubuqhetseba bokuthandana njengendlela yokutyebisa ezantsi.
Iarhente yaqikelela ukuba, phakathi kukaJuni 2016 noMeyi 2018, iMatch.com ihambise izibhengezo ezingezizo ezizigidi ezine kubathengi abazizigidi ezingama-2.25. Ngaphezulu kwama-250,000 wabasebenzisi ekujoliswe kubo ababhalisele iinkonzo ezihlawulelweyo ngaphakathi kweeyure ezingama-24 zokufumana umyalezo.
Iqela lomdlalo lathi izityholo ze-FTC zazingenampatho kwaye zisekwe kwiziphumo zophando ezikhethiweyo.
I-FTC ibonakalise kakubi ii-imeyile zangaphakathi kwaye ixhomekeke kwidatha ekhethwe yicherry ukwenza amabango amabi kwaye sizimisele ukuzikhusela ngamandla kula mabango enkundleni, itshilo inkampani kwingxelo.
Ubuqhetseba obubandakanya ukuthandana kunye nezinye iinkonzo ezinxulumene nokuthandana lolona hlobo luqhelekileyo lwezikhalazo zabathengi ezifayilishwe kwi-FTC. Kunyaka ophelileyo, iarhente yezikhalazo yabathengi ye-Consumer Sentinel ifumene ngaphezulu kweengxelo ezingama-21,000 malunga nokukhwabanisa kwezothando okukhokelele kwilahleko iyonke yezigidi zeedola ezili-143, utshilo uFTC.
Umdlalo weQela unokujongana ukuya kuthi ga kwi-100 yezigidi zeerandi kwizohlwayo zoluntu ezisekwe kwi-42,530 yeedola ngolwaphulo mthetho phantsi koMthetho weThemba labathengi be-Intanethi. Isikhalazo se-FTC safakwa kwiNkundla yeSithili sase-United States yesithili esiseMantla eTexas, apho ikomkhulu lomdlalo likomkhulu.
