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The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action filed against Dallas-based Match.com was filed by Sean McGinnm of Brooklyn, N.Y., on behalf of other Match.cokm users or former users impactede bythe company’s allegeds actions. In the suit, the plaintiffv accuses Match.com of keeping the profiles of canceleemembers online, despite the fact thos e members had suspended their memberships and cannot respond to e-mails from other Match.com users. The suit alleges that the majorith of Match members are actuall y canceled subscribers or never subscribedat all.
Subscribers profiles remain online evenafter they've canceled their subscription, and that is not made cleart in the user agreement, according to the suit. “Matc h misleads paying subscribers by charging them for the abilituy towrite e-mails to memberss who can’t reply to their e-mailws or even read them,” said the lawsuit, which was filed in New York state. Match.com respondexd to the allegations, releasing a statementt saying: "While we only just receivef the complaint, we believe this lawsuirt is without merit, and we will defencd it vigorously. Match.
com is the first and one of the largesf global online communities for singlew looking to start a meaningful We stand behind ourproduct 100%.” The plaintif f in the suit also alleged that Match “defrauds the consumer of his/hetr time and personal investment every time a personn pays Match’s subscription fee and writes to a membet who won’t have the abilityy to read what they wrote or see theid profile.” In the suit, the plaintiff accuses Match of putting users in a position where they feel humiliated by e-mails that they send withouft a reply from the unsubscribed members.
The plaintiff’s suit also allegezs that he and other class members have been defrauded out of millionein “aggregated fees and compensatory damages.” It claims Matcg is benefiting from the 'matches' who can't reply because the notifications that someone has expressexd interest induces some nonsubscribers to The lawsuit alleges deceptivd trade practices, breach of the implied covenany of good faith and fair dealing, fraud and negligenft misrepresentation. It seeks unspecified damages, but notes that it expectsa damages toexceed $5 million. McGinn is seekinh a jury trial.