“We have over 200 million people on Facebook who have completed the status ‘not entered’. And we want to help all of them find a long-term relationship, “said Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s head.
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At the same time, the head of the largest social network emphasized that the new service really focuses on building long-term relationships. So when designing, the creators thought that the application should not only be used for short-term acquaintance, as is the case with some competing services.
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It works in the US and some other countries, such as Canada and Mexico Facebook Dating since last year. However, it is only now coming to 32 European countries, including the Czech Republic. Originally, this was supposed to happen in February, but due to the regulators’ doubts, the launch was postponed.
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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) was particularly concerned that Facebook had announced the launch of a service that collected sensitive user data just ten days before launch. Representatives of the commission then pointed out that they also did not receive documentation from Facebook assessing the impact on personal data protection.
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The allegations have been resolved, so there is nothing to stop the service from launching in Europe.
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So far, more than 1.5 billion people have used Facebook Dating abroad. In the Czech Republic, however, similar services already work, for example, they are also used for dating Lidé.czoperated by Seznam.cz.
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