Track 1 platform and get the weekly governance digest. No credit card required.
This page describes what the document states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology
This is Bumble's Terms and Conditions of Use, governing access to and use of the Bumble dating app and its Date, BFF, and Bizz modes across the Bumble Group platform. By uploading content, users grant Bumble a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, edit, adapt, distribute, and create derivative works from that content, and the agreement authorizes automatic subscription renewal at then-current pricing unless the user cancels before the renewal date. US users are subject to a mandatory individual arbitration clause with a class action waiver, with a 30-day window to opt out in writing after account creation.
This document governs use of the Bumble dating application and associated services, establishing a contract between users and the Bumble Group on the basis of user acceptance upon accessing the platform. The agreement states that users grant Bumble a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide license to use uploaded content in any way including editing, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, creating derivative works, advertising, and distributing; the terms also authorize automatic subscription renewal at then-current fees unless cancelled, and reserve to Bumble sole discretion to terminate or suspend accounts for any reason deemed justifiable without prior notice for non-EU users. Section 14 contains a mandatory individual arbitration clause with a class action waiver applicable to US users, with a stated 30-day opt-out window from account creation; the agreement also asserts the right to review, pre-screen, and remove content including direct messages, and reserves the right to sub-license user content to affiliates and successors without further user approval. The document engages GDPR and the EU Digital Services Act for EU-resident users, CCPA and California consumer protection statutes for California residents, COPPA-adjacent age verification obligations, and the Federal Arbitration Act and FTC Act in the US context; EU and UK users receive materially different procedural rights including DSA-mandated out-of-court dispute settlement access and account action notifications, creating jurisdiction-dependent compliance obligations. Compliance teams should note that the content license scope, the breadth of the account termination discretion, and the arbitration clause with class action waiver each require evaluation under applicable consumer protection frameworks, particularly for EU, UK, and California user populations.
Institutional analysis available with Compliance
Regulatory exposure by statute, material risk assessment, vendor due diligence action items, and enforcement precedent. Available on Compliance.
Start Compliance free trial2 important changes detected
4 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026
This new provision explicitly authorizes Bumble to access and use Facebook user data, which represents a significant permission for third-party data collection that was not previously documented in these T&Cs.
This addition reflects compliance with the EU Digital Services Act and UK local law, significantly expanding user rights and remedies for EU/UK residents compared to other jurisdictions.
The removal of this provision eliminates transparency about Bumble's criminal history investigation practices, potentially reducing user awareness of background check activities.
The removal of this T&C provision may indicate that algorithmic matching disclosure has been relocated or eliminated from the main terms, reducing explicit acknowledgment of algorithmic curation in the primary agreement.
Removal of this California-specific cancellation right notice from the main T&Cs may weaken regulatory compliance visibility, though the right likely still exists under California law.
The license scope was narrowed by specifying the audience as "other users" instead of the unrestricted "general public."
The provision name was updated to specify 'Individual Arbitration' to emphasize the individual nature of the dispute resolution requirement.
Added a legal qualifier stating that termination rights are subject to mandatory laws in the user's country of residence, providing some regulatory constraint on Bumble's sole discretion.
Provision name was updated from 'Auto-Renewal Subscription' to 'Auto-Renewal Subscription Clause' but content remains identical.
Provision name was updated from 'Content Moderation and Direct Message Review' to 'Content Review Including Direct Messages' but content remains identical.
1 provision unchanged.
View full change record →Monitoring
Bumble has updated this document before.
Monitor includes same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 25 platforms.
Compliance Governance Intelligence
Need provision-level monitoring and regulatory mapping?
Compliance includes governance timelines, compliance memos, audit-ready analysis, and full provision tracking.
Start Compliance free trialCross-platform context
See how other platforms handle Account Termination Without Notice or Refund and similar clauses.
Compare across platforms →Governance Monitoring
Structured alerts for policy changes, governance events, and provision updates across 318+ platforms.