GLOBAL TIMES – The highly anticipated Personal Information Protection Law came into effect on Monday in China. The law prohibits the excessive collection of personal information and big data-enabled price discrimination against existing customers. The law requires Internet giants, which possess the personal information of a large number of users, to set up independent bodies that will be mainly composed of outsiders to supervise how the information is handled. More than 20 companies including matchmaking website Zhenai.com and tech giants Tencent and Huawei have promised to strictly safeguard the boundaries of users' privacy, set limits on personal information collection within the law and protect users' rights to fair trade.
Month: November 2021
Is Finding Love on a Dating App More Likely to End in Divorce?
YAHOO NEWS – Researchers at Savanta ComRes discovered couples who connected romantically via a dating app were 6x more likely to divorce in the first three years of marriage. Those who were brought together by friends, family and neighbours tended to see their unions last longer. 2,027 married adults age 30+ were surveyed. There was no difference between short and long term focused services like Tinder vs eHarmony. The survey was commissioned by charity Marriage Foundation.
by Lauren Clark
See full article at Yahoo News
Mark Brooks: This looks fascinating, and indeed, hugely controversial! I'll invite Marriage Foundation / Savanta to speak at an LTR online conference.
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First-Ever Jewish ‘Dating App’ Debuts in Gulf
ALBAWABA – JSG (Jewish Singles in the Gulf) is the first-ever Jewish dating app in the Gulf and was developed by the Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC). JSG users fill out a questionnaire and matchmakers recommend matches.
Older South Koreans Turn to Dating Apps: Couple.net
FINANCIAL TIMES – Adult children are helping their parents find matches to combat elderly poverty and suicide. e.g. Couple.net, is a South Korean dating app that helps adult children find partners for their parents. Lee Woong-jin, president of dating app provider Sunoo, which operates Couple.net, said: "Many elderly live alone. We even have a 93-year-old…In the past, it was parents who applied for dating services for their adult children. Now the trend has reversed." South Korea's birth rate is 0.84 babies per woman and last year, its population shrank for the first time.
by Christian Davies, Song Jung-a & Kang Buseong
See full article at Financial Times