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| Actress age claim against IMDb rejected | Actress age claim against IMDb rejected |
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| An actress who sued Amazon.com after her date of birth was posted on its Internet Movie Database has had her claim rejected by a jury in Seattle. | An actress who sued Amazon.com after her date of birth was posted on its Internet Movie Database has had her claim rejected by a jury in Seattle. |
| Huong Hoang, who goes by the stage name Junie Hoang, alleged that offers dried up after the database revealed her age. | Huong Hoang, who goes by the stage name Junie Hoang, alleged that offers dried up after the database revealed her age. |
| IMDb argued it had the right to publish accurate data and that Hoang, 41, could not prove she lost out because of it. | IMDb argued it had the right to publish accurate data and that Hoang, 41, could not prove she lost out because of it. |
| According to the website, her credits include the 2011 title Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver. | According to the website, her credits include the 2011 title Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver. |
| The site, which was launched in the early 1990s and purchased by Amazon in 1998, continues to post Ms Hoang's date of birth on her profile page. | |
| In court documents filed anonymously in 2011, Amazon and its movie database subsidiary were accused of breach of contract, fraud, violation of privacy and consumer protection laws. | In court documents filed anonymously in 2011, Amazon and its movie database subsidiary were accused of breach of contract, fraud, violation of privacy and consumer protection laws. |
| Parent company Amazon was dismissed as a defendant before the two-day trial, which concluded on Thursday. | Parent company Amazon was dismissed as a defendant before the two-day trial, which concluded on Thursday. |
| The database's stance drew criticism in 2011 from two acting unions, who accused the site of "facilitating age discrimination". | The database's stance drew criticism in 2011 from two acting unions, who accused the site of "facilitating age discrimination". |
| During the trial, though, the site's attorneys said IMDb was not responsible for the actions taken by people who read their profiles. | During the trial, though, the site's attorneys said IMDb was not responsible for the actions taken by people who read their profiles. |
| Ms Hoang, who had been seeking $1m (£650,000) in damages, had initially provided the site with a false birth year that reduced her stated age by seven years. | Ms Hoang, who had been seeking $1m (£650,000) in damages, had initially provided the site with a false birth year that reduced her stated age by seven years. |
| When she asked for that information to be removed, the site used a public records search to discover her true date of birth and published it against her objections. | When she asked for that information to be removed, the site used a public records search to discover her true date of birth and published it against her objections. |
| Speaking after the trial, Ms Hoang said she had hoped to make the database change its policy. | Speaking after the trial, Ms Hoang said she had hoped to make the database change its policy. |
| "I knew it was a problem not just for me but for anyone else who had their age on their profile," she told the Associated Press. | "I knew it was a problem not just for me but for anyone else who had their age on their profile," she told the Associated Press. |