Hinge shares your personal data with other Match Group companies (such as Tinder, OkCupid, and others). If you were banned from any Match Group service, your data can be shared across the group to prevent you from creating accounts on other Match Group apps.
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The clause establishes a cross-platform enforcement mechanism that treats Match Group's services as an integrated ecosystem for safety and user moderation purposes. This allows coordinated account management and user identification across multiple distinct services under common ownership.
Hinge shares your personal data — including potentially sensitive profile data — across the Match Group portfolio of apps, which means your information may be used by services you never directly agreed to. A ban from any Match Group app can result in your Hinge account being closed or blocked.
How other platforms handle this
Where you provide consent, we share your information as described at the time of consent, such as when authorizing a third-party application or website to access your Skillshare account...
we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services...
we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
"Match Group considers the safety and security of members a top priority. If you were banned from another Match Group service, your data can be shared with us to allow us to take necessary actions, including closing your account or preventing you from creating an account on our service. To make all Match Group platforms safer, for instance by searching for and identifying bad actors and how they operate across Match Group platforms, as well as making sure that when a bad actor is found on one Match Group platform (for instance ours), they can be banned from all.Excerpt from Hinge's Privacy Policy
Intra-group data sharing across Match Group entities requires a documented lawful basis under GDPR and must be disclosed clearly to satisfy transparency obligations.
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The clause establishes a cross-platform enforcement mechanism that treats Match Group's services as an integrated ecosystem for safety and user moderation purposes. This allows coordinated account management and user identification across multiple distinct services under common ownership.
Hinge shares your personal data — including potentially sensitive profile data — across the Match Group portfolio of apps, which means your information may be used by services you never directly agreed to. A ban from any Match Group app can result in your Hinge account being closed or blocked.
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