This is the legal agreement you accept when using the Hinge dating app, covering everything from who can sign up to how disputes must be handled. Key things to know: Hinge requires you to resolve most disputes through private arbitration rather than in court, and you waive your right to join class action lawsuits unless you opt out within 30 days of agreeing to the terms. Hinge also gets a broad license to use content you post on the app, and subscriptions auto-renew unless you actively cancel.
Technical Summary
Hinge's Terms of Use Agreement (effective August 25, 2025) governs access to and use of the Hinge dating application and related services, operated by Hinge, Inc. for non-EU/EEA/UK/Switzerland users and by MTCH Technology Services Limited for those regions. The Agreement establishes eligibility requirements (18+, no prior criminal convictions for violence or sexual misconduct), user conduct obligations, a broad intellectual property license granted to Hinge over user-generated content, subscription and virtual currency terms, and a mandatory binding arbitration clause with class action and jury trial waivers. Notable provisions include a 30-day opt-out window for arbitration, auto-renewal subscription terms, limitations on liability, and an indemnification obligation placed on users. The document incorporates by reference a Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Community Guidelines, and Safety Dating Advice.
If you have a legal dispute with Hinge, you must resolve it through private arbitration rather than by suing in court. This applies to nearly all disputes, including questions about whether arbitration itself applies to your situation.
Hinge limits the amount of money you can recover from them in a lawsuit to the greater of the fees you paid in the past 12 months or $100, and they disclaim responsibility for many types of damages.
When you post photos, text, or other content on Hinge, you grant Hinge a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, copy, display, and distribute that content for operating and promoting the service.
Hinge can change these Terms at any time, and your continued use of the app after the effective date of any change means you have agreed to the new Terms.
You are not allowed to use or develop any third-party applications or artificial intelligence or machine learning systems that interact with Hinge's service or user content without Hinge's written permission.
Added March 20, 2026
Cross-platform context
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