What Tinder's terms say
Tinder's terms of service and privacy policy have 38 rated points: 3 serious, 21 bad, 6 worth knowing and 8 good. 36 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 2 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use Tinder
Serious 3
Your personal information may be collected, regardless of whether you interacted directly with the service or not
They store data on you even if you did not interact with the service
Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training
Sensitive data is collected and shared to target advertising
Bad 21
Third-party cookies are used for statistics
Google Analytics is used for statistics
Where it says this ↗Your profile is combined across various products
Third-party cookies are used for advertising
You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels
Third-party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions
Third party cookies are employed, but with opt out instructions
Information is gathered about you through third parties
Many different types of personal data are collected
Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes
Referring and/or exit pages are tracked
This service tracks which web page referred you to it
You may be tracked on other websites
This service tracks you on other websites
Your biometric data is collected
Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising
App required for this service requires broad device permissions
Location data may be collected, used and/or shared
This service may collect, use, and share location data
This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates
Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you
This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation
Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction
Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world
Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out
Your Personal data may be sold unless you opt out
You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting
Worth knowing 5
This service is a subsidiary of Company X
First-party cookies are used
Where it says this ↗Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
Good 7
Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected
Information is provided about what kind of information they collect
A list of all cookies used by the service is provided
A list of all cookies set by the website is provided
You can opt out of targeted advertising
Information is provided about how your personal data is used
You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
You can limit how your information is used by third parties and the service
You can limit how your information is used by third-parties and the service
A free help desk is provided
If you have a Tinder account
Worth knowing 1
Banned users are prohibited from creating a new account
Users who have been permanently banned from this service are not allowed to re-register under a new account
Good 1
You can retrieve an archive of your data
The documents
- Community Guidelines ↗ account holders
- Privacy Policy ↗
- Terms of Service ↗
- Trackers Policy ↗
- Safety Tips ↗
- Security at Tinder ↗
Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.