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Limited Features Without Location Authorization

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Medium Jun 18, 2026

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.

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Medium May 19, 2026

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.

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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
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If you have set your mobile device to disable GPS, Bluetooth or other location determining software or do not authorize the App to access your location data, you can still use the App but you will not be able to access certain location-specific...

Excerpt from Bumble's Terms and Conditions

Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Bumble Terms and Conditions
Entity
Bumble
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-034215
Document ID
CA-D-00225
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
91287864c14cf62c71789d3f950c3bb97af29965f09b4f159c9005d072aff3ec
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 03:22 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Bumble
Document: Bumble Terms and Conditions
Record ID: CA-P-034215
Captured: 2026-05-21 03:22:18 UTC
SHA-256: 91287864c14cf62c…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/bumble/bumble-terms-and-conditions/provision/CA-P-034215/limited-features-without-location-authorization/
Accessed: Aug. 3, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does Bumble's Limited Features Without Location Authorization clause do?

The clause states: “If you have set your mobile device to disable GPS, Bluetooth or other location determining software or do not authorize the App to access your location data, you can still use the App but you will not be able to access certain location-specific...”

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