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New York Attorney General

NY-AG v. Online Buddies

Settled$240KFineFiled: January 31, 2018

Online Buddies, Inc. allegedly failed to protect private photos of users of its ‘Jack’d’ dating application (app), and the nude images of approximately 1,900 users. According to NY-AG, the company failed to implement reasonable protections to keep those photos private, and continued to leave security vulnerabilities unfixed for a year after being alerted to the problem.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release

Source: New York Attorney General Press Release ↗

Parties

Defendants / Respondents
  • Online Buddies, Inc.

Dates

Filed
January 31, 2018
Resolved
June 27, 2019

Case Details

Industry
Technology
Penalty Type
Fine