Match.com FAQ

match.com and match affinity are owed by the same company buy are essentially different sites. They both need separate memberships and match people based on different methods.

As far as we know, they are not. there might be some really old profiles on the system, but nothing has led us to believe they have fake accounts.

Having personally been to 2 events, I can say that they were worth trying out at least. I took a friend both times (who was married) for moral support, but by the end of the night I had a couple of phone numbers and have met up again with some of the women I met there - overall, a good evening, out of the norm

Not without asking you, which they do when you sign up

Go to the settings page of your account and under the billing information you should see an option to delete / cancel your membership.

Incognito means that you can search profiles without other people being alerted that you viewed their profile, so you are searching in secret mode.

Match.com are owed by IAC interactive, who bought Plenty of Fish for $575 million. IAC also own OKCupic and Tinder, which makes their reach in online dating pretty unrivalled. 

Match was originally founded in 1993

YES!!!
This is a huge gripe, so please once you have signed up, cancel your auto renew. You need to wait 24 hours before you can do it, which really shouldn't be legal, so make sure you dont forget! 

In terms of new members, the peak time is New Years and the Valentines Day period, so if you are joining around these times, then you stand a good chance of finding the most users. 
In terms of active people in the week, then Sunday evenings are the busiest for activity, followed by Monday evenings, Friday evening, Saturday evening, Tuesday Evening, Wednesday then Thursday

Simply go to your settings page and under the 'profile settings' (if you scroll to the bottom) you will see an options to cancel / suspend your account...or just use this link