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The prohibition is absolute and covers even indirect or attempted access, leaving no ambiguity about the minimum age required to use the platform.
Any person under 18 is barred from any form of access to or use of Grindr Services, including attempts that are indirect.
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Unless you choose to delete your account(s), you cannot unsubscribe from certain communications that are required as part of your use of our services (e.g., communications about changes to this Policy.)
You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information, whether in relation to you or any other person (for example, names, home addresses or postcodes, telephone numbers, email addresses, URLs, credit/debit card...)
You agree that Promotional Codes: (a) must be used in a lawful manner; (b) must be used for the intended audience and purpose; (c) may not be duplicated, sold or transferred in any manner...
"NO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS...ARE AUTHORIZED TO ATTEMPT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO VIEW, DOWNLOAD, POSSESS, OR OTHERWISE USE THE GRINDR SERVICES.Excerpt from Grindr's Terms of Service
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The prohibition is absolute and covers even indirect or attempted access, leaving no ambiguity about the minimum age required to use the platform.
Any person under 18 is barred from any form of access to or use of Grindr Services, including attempts that are indirect.
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