Bumble reserves the right to terminate or suspend user accounts without prior notice for violations of the Terms, offline conduct, conduct on affiliated apps, or any other reason deemed sufficient at its sole discretion. Terminated users are not entitled to refunds for prepaid services.
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This provision reserves account termination authority based on conduct occurring outside the Bumble platform, including on affiliated apps and in offline contexts, subject to sole discretion determination. The no-refund provision for terminated accounts means that prepaid subscription fees are forfeited upon termination regardless of the reason.
The updated terms reframe BeePitched from a collaborative pitch-sharing feature to a standalone content generation and distribution tool under user control. Users are now solely responsible for obtaining permissions, ensuring content legality, and distributing completed pitches themselves. Bumble clarifies it does not host or distribute pitches after generation and retains content only briefly (24 hours post-download, 7 days if not completed) for moderation purposes. Bumble reserves the right to review, refuse to generate, remove, or restrict access to any content that violates the terms or community guidelines, and may suspend access to the feature if misuse is identified.
View change record →The updated terms state that Bumble's license to use your uploaded content is now limited to distribution to other app users when they are using the app, rather than the previously stated right to make content available to the general public. This represents a narrowing of the company's stated rights over user content. Additionally, the terms now explicitly disclose five scenarios in which Bumble may request account verification: to prevent fake accounts and fraud, to confirm age compliance in certain jurisdictions, to detect unusual account access, to prevent payment fraud, and to enforce community guidelines. The terms also clarify that uninstalling the app does not delete your account, and you must manually follow account deletion steps to permanently remove it.
View change record →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.
View full change record →The agreement reserves the right to terminate accounts without notice and without refund for paid services based on conduct on affiliated apps or offline conduct, as determined at Bumble's sole discretion. EU users are afforded additional procedural protections including notification of account actions, while non-EU users are not guaranteed prior notice under this clause.
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"Without limiting the foregoing in any way and unless otherwise prohibited by mandatory laws in the country in which you reside, we expressly reserve the right to terminate or suspend your Account without notice (1) for violating these Terms, (2) due to your conduct on the App, or your conduct with other users of the App (including your "offline" conduct), if we, in our sole discretion, determine your conduct was inappropriate or improper, (3) if we or our affiliates, in our or their sole discretion, determine your conduct on other apps operated by our affiliates was inappropriate or improper, or (4) for any reasons whatsoever that we deem, in our sole discretion, justifies termination. If your Account is terminated or suspended, you agree you will not receive a refund for any paid service or features you have already been charged for.Excerpt from Bumble's Terms and Conditions
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This provision reserves account termination authority based on conduct occurring outside the Bumble platform, including on affiliated apps and in offline contexts, subject to sole discretion determination. The no-refund provision for terminated accounts means that prepaid subscription fees are forfeited upon termination regardless of the reason.
The agreement reserves the right to terminate accounts without notice and without refund for paid services based on conduct on affiliated apps or offline conduct, as determined at Bumble's sole discretion. EU users are afforded additional procedural protections including notification of account actions, while non-EU users are not guaranteed prior notice under this clause.
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