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By prohibiting class or collective arbitration and waiving class action rights, the clause prevents users from joining together to bring collective legal claims against Bumble, limiting each user to pursuing claims individually.
Interpretive note: The mutual waiver applies to both the user and Bumble Group; the canonical claim captures both actors but the primary consumer-facing effect is the user's waiver.
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 →The provision name was updated to specify 'Individual Arbitration' to emphasize the individual nature of the dispute resolution requirement.
View full change record →Current version now explicitly mentions an opt-out right for the arbitration agreement, whereas previous version provided no excerpt details.
View full change record →You cannot bring or participate in a class action or collective arbitration against Bumble; any claim within the scope of the Arbitration Agreement must be pursued individually.
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If, however, this Class Action Waiver is deemed invalid or unenforceable with respect to a particular Dispute...neither you nor Chegg will be entitled to arbitration of such Dispute.
Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
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"All claims and disputes within the scope of this Arbitration Agreement MUST BE ARBITRATED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT ON A CLASS OR COLLECTIVE BASIS, AND YOU AND BUMBLE GROUP GIVE UP YOUR RIGHTS TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION...— Excerpt from Bumble's Bumble Terms and Conditions
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By prohibiting class or collective arbitration and waiving class action rights, the clause prevents users from joining together to bring collective legal claims against Bumble, limiting each user to pursuing claims individually.
You cannot bring or participate in a class action or collective arbitration against Bumble; any claim within the scope of the Arbitration Agreement must be pursued individually.
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