>birthdate is a data point which is considered part of Personally Identifiable Information / Personal Data in many countries. I am far from being a lawyer, but OKCupid should be concerned with regulations like the GDPR approaching soon.
>This may not be as appalling as Grindr’s reporting of HIV status to third parties. It might not be as powerful and widespread as the data used in the Cambridge Analytica Debacle. But that’s not the point.
It indeed is not the point so I don’t know why you felt compelled to write two loosely related paragraphs about how cool you are because you follow the news.