2. Are
you
lonely?
Sick
of
being
single?
Spending
your
nights
ea8ng
ice
cream,
discussing
the
latest
episode
of
The
Bachelor
with
your
cat?
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3. Well…
Maybe
it
is
8me
to
meet
someone,
go
on
a
date,
and
hopefully
fall
in
love.
Don’t
know
where
to
start?
Have
no
fear
-‐
Match.com
is
here!
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4. Match.com
was
launched
in
April
1995,
and
now
services
24
countries
and
territories
and
hosts
web
sites
in
15
different
languages
(About
Us,
2012)
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5. According
to
their
website
they
“create
roman8c
opportuni8es
so
singles
are
more
likely
to
find
someone
special”
(About
Us,
2012)
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6. And
their
mission
is
simple:
“To
help
singles
find
the
kind
of
rela8onships
they’re
looking
for”.
(About
Us,
2012)
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7. So
that
doesn’t
seem
too
bad.
As
stated,
you
have
nothing
to
fear!
Or
do
you?
According
to
Richard
GoeVke
and
Joseph
Chris8ana
“users
are
generally
unaware
and/or
unconcerned
with
protec8ng
their
privacy
on
social
networking
sites”
(2007,
p.9).
So
before
you
sign
up,
let
us
have
a
look
at
their
Terms
of
Service.
8. It
starts
fairly
reasonable;
“you
must
be
at
least
eighteen
(18)
years
of
age
and
single
or
separated
from
your
spouse
to
register
as
a
member
of
Match.com
or
use
the
Website”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
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9. You
may
become
a
member
of
the
service
at
no
cost.
As
a
member,
you
will
have
the
ability
to
par8cipate
in
some,
but
not
all,
of
the
features
and
services
available
within
the
service.
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
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10. That
means
that
in
order
to
access
addi8onal
features,
services
and
to
communicate
with
other
members,
you
have
to
pay.
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11. Match.com
is
not
required
to
provide
you
no8ce
prior
to
termina8ng
your
membership
and/or
subscrip8on.
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
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12. So
a`er
spending
a
lot
of
8me
and
money
building
up
a
network
online,
you
might
log
on
and
find
your
account
deleted...
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13. You
are
solely
responsible
for
your
interac8ons
with
other
members.
You
understand
that
Match.com
currently
does
not
conduct
criminal
background
check
on
its
members.
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
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14. So
you
do
not
have
the
reassurance
that
the
people
you
talk
to
are
who
they
claim
to
be,
nor
if
you
are
chaang
with
a
sex
offender.
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15. With
that
in
mind,
you
might
not
be
to
thrilled
about
accep8ng
their
TOS
since
this
is
some
of
the
condi8ons
you
agree
to;
“In
no
event
shall
Match.com
be
liable
for
damages
whatsoever,
whether
direct,
indirect,
general,
special,
compensatory,
consequenBal,
and/or
incidental,
arising
out
of
or
relaBng
to
the
conduct
or
your
or
anyone
else
in
connecBon
with
the
use
of
the
service,
including
without
limitaBon,
bodily
injury,
emoBonal
distress,
and/or
any
other
damages
resulBng
from
communicaBons
or
meeBngs
with
other
registered
users
of
this
service
or
person
you
meet
through
this
service”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
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16. Also,
“Match.com
owns
and
retains
all
proprietary
rights
in
the
website
and
the
service”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011)
Except
for
that
informa8on
which
is
in
the
public
domain,
you
may
not
modify,
transmit,
copy,
distribute,
display
or
sell
any
such
informa8on.
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17. People
join
Match.com
for
the
social
aspect
of
it,
but
by
agreeing
to
their
TOS
you
are
preVy
much
le`
alone…
with
all
the
responsibility.
Because
you
are
“solely
responsible
for
your
interacBons
with
other
Match.com
members.
Match.com
reserves
the
right,
but
has
no
obligaBon,
to
monitor
disputes
between
you
and
other
members”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011).
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18. If
you
find
yourself
in
a
dangerous
or
uncomfortable
situa8on,
“Match.com
is
not
responsible
for
the
conduct,
whether
online
or
offline,
of
any
user
of
the
website
or
member
of
the
service”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011).
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19. That
might
be
important
for
you
to
remember,
especially
since…
20. …
you,
by
using
the
website/service
in
any
manner,
“agree
to
the
arbitra8on
agreement.
In
doing
so,
you
give
up
your
right
to
go
to
court
to
assert
or
defend
any
claims
between
you
and
Match.com
(except
for
maVers
that
may
be
taken
to
small-‐claims
court).
You
also
give
up
your
right
to
par8cipate
in
a
class
ac8on
or
other
class
proceeding”
(Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement,
2011).
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21. So
before
you
choose
to
sign
up,
you
should
consider
if
you
are
comfortable
with
all
of
the
terms…or
find
love
somewhere
else.
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22. Reference
• ‘About
Us’,
2012.
Retrieved
September
1st
2012,
from
hWp://
www.match.com.au/help/aboutus.aspx?lid=4
• GoeWke,
R.,
&
Chris3ana,
J.
(2007).
Privacy
and
Online
Social
Networking
Websites.
Computer
Science
199r:
Special
Topics
in
Computer
Science
Computa5on
and
Society:
Privacy
and
Technology.
Retrieved
September
4th,
2012
hCp://www.eecs.harvard.edu/cs199r/fp/
RichJoe.pdf
• ‘Match.com
Terms
of
Use
Agreement’,
2011.
Retrieved
September
2nd,
2012
from
hWp://www.match.com.au/registra3on/membagr.aspx?lid=4
• All
images
sourced
from
Macintosh
HD:
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Gallery
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database,
2012.
