Bumble may transfer your personal information to countries outside the one where you live, including outside the EU or EEA, using legal mechanisms intended to protect the data during transfer.
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International data transfers mean your personal information may be processed under legal frameworks that provide different or potentially lower levels of protection than your home country's laws.
Interpretive note: The document text provided was truncated and does not include the full storage and transfer section, so the specific transfer mechanisms disclosed by Bumble cannot be directly quoted, creating low interpretive confidence for this provision.
Bumble's updated privacy policy discloses that the new BeePitched feature processes personal data including names, phone numbers, photos, and pitch content from users and non-users. According to the policy, this information is used to operate the feature, moderate content, investigate reports, and prevent misuse. Access to pitches is limited to pitch subjects, invited contributors, authorized Bumble personnel, and service providers. The disclosure establishes what data the feature collects and how it is used, but does not describe user controls or settings for opting out of being featured in a pitch.
View change record →Bumble's privacy policy previously disclosed that the company operates servers in the US, UK, and EU. The updated policy removes the UK from this list, stating only US and EU servers. For UK-based users, this change may alter where personal data is actually stored and processed, which can affect data protection rights and latency. UK users may want to review the updated privacy policy to understand the new data storage arrangements and determine whether they align with their privacy expectations.
View change record →UK users may experience a change in data storage and processing infrastructure. The updated policy discloses that servers in the UK are no longer part of Bumble's stated network, meaning UK user data may now be processed and stored in EU data centers instead of potentially UK-based infrastructure. This could have implications for data residency expectations and regulatory compliance frameworks that apply to UK-based data processing. Review Bumble's updated data transfer documentation if you have specific data locality requirements.
View change record →Previous version had no excerpt; current version provides section reference with explicit focus on handling and storage procedures.
View full change record →If you are an EU or UK user, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries; the policy indicates transfer mechanisms are in place, but you have the right to request information about the specific safeguards used.
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"How do we handle and store your personal information?— Excerpt from Bumble's Bumble Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Cross-border transfers of personal data from the EEA engage GDPR Chapter V, which requires that transfers to third countries occur only where an adequacy decision exists, where standard contractual clauses (SCCs) or binding corporate rules are in place, or under another approved mechanism. Following the Schrems II ruling (Case C-311/18), companies relying on SCCs must conduct transfer impact assessments to verify that the destination country's legal framework does not undermine the SCCs' protections. The EU-US Data Privacy Framework (adopted July 2023) provides an adequacy mechanism for participating US companies, but its long-term stability remains a subject of legal and political uncertainty. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Bumble operates as a global platform with US-based entity Bumble Trading LLC, creating inherent cross-border data flow obligations. The policy references transfer mechanisms but does not specify whether it relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, SCCs, or other mechanisms, making compliance verification difficult from the policy text alone. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users have the most immediate exposure; the UK has its own international data transfer regime (UK IDTA) separate from EU SCCs following Brexit. Users in countries without adequacy decisions face the most uncertainty regarding the level of protection applied to their transferred data. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Transfer impact assessments must be maintained for each jurisdiction to which personal data is transferred, and DPAs with processors must specify the transfer mechanism. If SCCs are used, they must be the current European Commission-approved versions (2021). COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should document all cross-border data transfer mechanisms, maintain transfer impact assessments for US and other non-adequate country transfers, and monitor the stability of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Notification to the lead supervisory authority may be required for certain transfer mechanisms.
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International data transfers mean your personal information may be processed under legal frameworks that provide different or potentially lower levels of protection than your home country's laws.
If you are an EU or UK user, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries; the policy indicates transfer mechanisms are in place, but you have the right to request information about the specific safeguards used.
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