Hinge Terms of Service

This Terms of Use Agreement, effective August 25, 2025, governs access to and use of Hinge's dating application and website, operated by Hinge, Inc. for non-EU/EEA/UK/Switzerland users and by MTCH Technology Services Limited for users in those regions, and establishes the legal framework for user accounts, content, subscriptions, and dispute resolution. The agreement states that users grant Hinge a broad, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and create derivative works from content uploaded to the platform, and the terms require binding arbitration with a class action waiver for nearly all disputes, with Section 15 explicitly noting that 'in arbitration, there is typically less discovery and appellate review than in court.' The arbitration clause includes a mandatory informal dispute resolution period, a small claims court carve-out, and special mass arbitration procedures, while the intellectual property license grant applies to member content without an explicit sunset provision tied to account deletion, creating potential ambiguity about post-deletion content rights. The agreement engages GDPR and UK GDPR for EU/EEA/UK users, CCPA for California residents, and COPPA-adjacent concerns given the 18-plus age restriction and the sensitivity of relationship and biometric-adjacent profile data; California subscribers receive specific statutory cancellation rights under Cal. Civ. Code Section 1789.3. The dual-entity operating structure, whereby MTCH Technology Services Limited operates for European users and Hinge, Inc. for all others, creates materially different regulatory obligations and enforcement contexts depending on user geography, a distinction that compliance teams should map carefully.