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This clause creates a unilateral amendment mechanism allowing policy modification without advance agreement, while establishing notice procedures as the primary notification pathway for material revisions to data handling practices.
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 →Users operate under the Privacy Policy as currently posted, which may change periodically. The terms establish user responsibility to periodically review the policy and specify that material changes will generate email or in-service notification.
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If we make material changes to it or the ways we process your information, we'll notify you (by, for example, prominently posting a notice of the changes on our sites before they take effect or directly sending you a notification).
If we make material changes to this Policy, we will notify you via the Services.
We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We always indicate the date the last changes were published, and if changes are significant, we'll provide a more prominent notice as required by law...
"We will need to change this Policy from time to time, but the most current version (at http://bumble.com/privacy-policy) controls how we use your information. Be sure to regularly check for updates, but we will let you know by email or notice of any material changes.Excerpt from Bumble's Privacy Policy
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This clause creates a unilateral amendment mechanism allowing policy modification without advance agreement, while establishing notice procedures as the primary notification pathway for material revisions to data handling practices.
Users operate under the Privacy Policy as currently posted, which may change periodically. The terms establish user responsibility to periodically review the policy and specify that material changes will generate email or in-service notification.
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