Grindr Privacy Policy

Grindr's Privacy Policy explains what data Grindr collects about you, how long it keeps it, and who it shares it with. Your data is kept for as long as your account is active, Grindr and its partners scan your uploaded content including messages and audio, and your personal information may be shared with advertising and marketing partners. Depending on where you live, you may be able to opt out of having your data sold or used for targeted advertising, but some data processing can continue even after you opt out.

Grindr's Privacy Policy establishes the terms under which Grindr collects, uses, retains, and shares personal information of its users. Data provided by users and generated from their activity is retained for the lifetime of the active account, subject to a necessity ceiling and legal-obligation carve-outs. Grindr and its partners actively scan, analyze, and collect information from user-uploaded content—including messages, images, audio, and video—and may share personal information, including advertising IDs and IP addresses, with advertising and marketing partners to facilitate targeted advertising experiences. In certain jurisdictions, age verification involves processing biometric information via video selfie, and personal data is processed by Grindr and its service providers in countries outside the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, including the United States. EEA/EU/UK users are entitled to consent-based deployment of non-essential cookies and similar tracking technologies, and users in qualifying jurisdictions may hold a right to opt out of the sale, sharing, or use of their personal information for cross-context targeted advertising, though the scope of that right is jurisdiction-dependent and an opt-out does not halt all processing permitted under applicable law.

As a Grindr user, your personal information—including location data, advertising ID, IP address, and the content of uploaded videos, images, audio, and messages—is actively collected, analyzed, and may be shared with advertising and marketing partners for as long as your account remains active. If you choose to display Distance Information on your profile, Grindr has disclosed that other users could use it to determine your exact location and identity. If you are in the EEA, EU, or UK, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies require your consent before they are applied. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information or its use for targeted advertising across other services—checking Grindr's opt-out options is the specific action available to you, with the understanding that some processing permitted by applicable law may continue after an opt-out.