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Dating Internet Service May Have To Refund Users
Woman Claims Contract Doesn't Include Cancellation NoticeLOS ANGELES -- Match.com might be forced to give refunds to its lovelorn clients if the plaintiff in a proposed class action contract lawsuit filed Wednesday is successful.
Match.com charges $24.95 a month to provide pictures, statistics and information of people wishing to meet and date each other. People who sign up can exchange e-mail and, if they choose, swap contact information.
But according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Match.com's contracts don't include a notice that allows for cancellation three days after sign up, or language that allows clients to get out of the contract in the event of death, disability or relocation.
Plaintiff Heidi Huebner of Los Angeles claimed that the lack of information violateed California Civil Code sections 1694-1694.4.
The lawsuit also names Match.com parent InterActiveCorp, the conglomerate led by entertainment mogul Barry Diller, the former head of Paramount and 20th Century Fox studios.
InterActiveCorp owns the Home Shopping Network, Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Ticketmaster and LendingTree.com. A call to its New York headquarters was not immediately returned.
The suit seeks restitution for all people in California who have signed up since 1999, and treble damages.
Plaintiff's attorney Edwin C. Schreiber of Encino, Calif., estimated there are some 40 million Match.com clients worldwide.
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