If you live in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws are different and may offer fewer protections than in your home country.
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The provision establishes the procedural basis for international data movement and identifies the contractual safeguard mechanism (SCCs) that governs these transfers. This clarifies how Hinge operationalizes its global service model while addressing regulatory requirements for personal data flows to jurisdictions without equivalent data protection frameworks.
EEA and UK users' personal data — including sensitive information like sexual orientation and biometric data — is transferred to the United States, where it is subject to US law including potential government access. Hinge should maintain Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved transfer mechanisms, but users should be aware of this jurisdictional shift.
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"Because we operate a global service, the sharing of your data laid out in Section 5 involves cross-border data transfers to the United States of America and other countries that may have different laws about data processing. When we transfer personal data outside of the EEA, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or other countries whose data protection laws have been deemed adequate by the European Commission or other competent governmental bodies, we typically rely on what are called standard contract clauses.— Excerpt from Hinge's Hinge Privacy Policy
Cross-border data transfers from EEA/UK to the US must comply with GDPR Chapter V requirements. Following Schrems II, transfers must be supported by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) accompanied by a Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA), or rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework where applicable. The involvement of Match Group's US parent entities in data processing heightens transfer compliance scrutiny.
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The provision establishes the procedural basis for international data movement and identifies the contractual safeguard mechanism (SCCs) that governs these transfers. This clarifies how Hinge operationalizes its global service model while addressing regulatory requirements for personal data flows to jurisdictions without equivalent data protection frameworks.
EEA and UK users' personal data — including sensitive information like sexual orientation and biometric data — is transferred to the United States, where it is subject to US law including potential government access. Hinge should maintain Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved transfer mechanisms, but users should be aware of this jurisdictional shift.
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