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Advertising and Profiling Based on User Data

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause establishes the operational basis for Hinge's behavioral advertising practices and allows the company to generate performance metrics from advertising campaigns. The dual legal grounds (consent and legitimate interest) provide flexibility in the processing framework across different jurisdictions and use cases.

Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
3
Months Monitored
May 8, 2026
First Seen
May 8, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 381 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users' activity and preference data will be processed to create targeted advertising and marketing communications, including both ads displayed within Hinge and promotional content on external platforms. The terms authorize this processing under legitimate interest grounds in addition to consent, meaning such processing can occur even absent explicit user opt-in depending on applicable law.

How other platforms handle this

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We infer information about you based on how you use Pinterest. For example, if you engage with Pins about travel, we may infer you are interested in travel. We use this information to provide more relevant recommendations and advertising. We may combine the information we collect about you with info...

LinkedIn Medium

We target (and measure the performance of) ads to Members, Visitors and others both on and off our Services directly or through a variety of partners, using the following data, whether separately or combined: Data from advertising technologies on and off our Services, like web beacons, pixels, ad ta...

Microsoft Medium

Microsoft uses the data we collect to provide you with rich, interactive experiences. In particular, we use data to: provide and improve our products; personalize your experiences; make recommendations and display advertising. For advertising, we use data collected through our advertising services i...

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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To operate advertising and marketing campaigns, including: Performing and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns run on our service; Performing and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns promoting our own service on third-party platforms; Communicating with you about products and services we believe may interest you. Grounds for processing: Consent (where required under applicable law) and otherwise our legitimate interest. It is in our legitimate interest to promote our service and to show ads to our members which are tailored to their interests, as a way to improve their experience and help fund the parts of our service which are free.

— Excerpt from Hinge's Hinge Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Hinge Privacy Policy
Entity
Hinge
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-006692
Document ID
CA-D-00230
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
294a9273f6d51325fab8e9815f872379e6823ba8e2dfc32ff1c781d3ac7c5a16
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 01:54 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Hinge
Document: Hinge Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-006692
Captured: 2026-05-11 01:54:40 UTC
SHA-256: 294a9273f6d51325…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/hinge/hinge-privacy-policy/advertising-and-profiling-based-on-user-data/
Accessed: July 4, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Hinge's Advertising and Profiling Based on User Data clause do?

This clause establishes the operational basis for Hinge's behavioral advertising practices and allows the company to generate performance metrics from advertising campaigns. The dual legal grounds (consent and legitimate interest) provide flexibility in the processing framework across different jurisdictions and use cases.

How does this clause affect you?

Users' activity and preference data will be processed to create targeted advertising and marketing communications, including both ads displayed within Hinge and promotional content on external platforms. The terms authorize this processing under legitimate interest grounds in addition to consent, meaning such processing can occur even absent explicit user opt-in depending on applicable law.

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