Tinder's privacy policy explains what personal information the app collects about you — including your location, photos, messages, and even sensitive details like your sexual orientation — and how it uses and shares that data. Your information may be shared with Tinder's parent company Match Group, advertisers, and in some cases law enforcement. You have rights to access, delete, or download your data, and some users in the EU, UK, and California have additional legal protections.
Technical Summary
Tinder's Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, storage, and disclosure of personal data for users of the Tinder dating application and related services operated by Match Group LLC. The policy covers a broad range of data categories including profile information, geolocation, device identifiers, sexual orientation and other sensitive personal attributes, biometric data (for photo verification), and behavioral usage data. Key obligations include user rights to access, correct, delete, or port their data, with specific enhanced rights for EU/UK users under GDPR and California residents under CCPA. Notable provisions include the sharing of data with Match Group corporate affiliates, third-party advertising partners, and law enforcement; the use of automated decision-making for safety and matching; and the retention of data even after account deletion for defined periods. The policy designates Match Group, LLC (US users) and MTCH Technology Services Limited (EU/UK users) as data controllers.
Tinder collects sensitive personal information including your sexual orientation, religion, political views, ethnicity, and health data that you choose to share on your profile or through your use of the app.
Tinder collects your precise GPS location when you use the app, and this data is used to show your location to other users and to power the matching feature.
Tinder shares your personal data — including your profile, usage data, and communications — with other companies in the Match Group corporate family, which includes Hinge, OkCupid, and many other dating services.
Tinder shares data with third-party advertising partners and may allow those partners to collect data directly through the app for targeted advertising purposes.
When you delete your Tinder account, Tinder does not immediately delete all your data — it retains certain information for defined periods to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce its policies.
Tinder uses automated processes to make decisions about your account, including safety-related decisions such as banning accounts and matching decisions that determine who you see in the app.
Tinder may share your personal data with law enforcement agencies, courts, or government bodies when required by law, or when it believes disclosure is necessary to protect safety or enforce its policies.
Tinder transfers your personal data internationally, including from the EU and UK to the United States, and relies on legal mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses to legitimise these transfers.
All Tinder users have the right to access, correct, or delete their personal data, and to download a copy of their data. EU, UK, and California users have additional legal rights including the right to object to processing and to restrict use of their data.
Added March 20, 2026
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