I really do not understand this argument or belief people have, that they can send out their information into the world, via a network of unknown intermediaries

I really do not understand this argument or belief people have, that they can send out their information into the world, via a network of unknown intermediaries to a private third party in another country, and somehow their data is still "private". That your data is posted for everybody to see on a publicly accessible website, and somehow your data is still "private". Here's something incredibly simple: if you don't want your data to be public, then don't share it! Don't transmit it! Don't want the other users on OkCupid storing your information? Why did you put it there in the first place!?!? The internet is not now, nor was it ever, a private place. These guys did nothing wrong as far as I'm concerned, besides maybe breaching OkCupid's TOS. OkCupid can sue if it pleases them, but that's a matter for civil law.