Tinder shares data with third-party advertising partners and may allow those partners to collect data directly through the app for targeted advertising purposes.
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The clause establishes a data processing mechanism where personal identifiers are transformed into non-personal identifiers for advertising segmentation purposes, enabling both negative targeting (exclusions) and lookalike audience targeting without direct personal identification.
Third-party advertisers may receive or collect your Tinder behavioral data for ad targeting, which could result in sensitive inferences being made about your personal life being shared with parties outside of Tinder's control.
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"Some of our advertising partners enable us to transform your email address, advertising identifiers or phone number into an identifier that can't be used to identify you personally and then use that unique identifier to either exclude you from our marketing campaigns, or to target our ads at an audience that is similar to you in terms of background, interests or app usage.Excerpt from Tinder's Privacy Policy
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The clause establishes a data processing mechanism where personal identifiers are transformed into non-personal identifiers for advertising segmentation purposes, enabling both negative targeting (exclusions) and lookalike audience targeting without direct personal identification.
Third-party advertisers may receive or collect your Tinder behavioral data for ad targeting, which could result in sensitive inferences being made about your personal life being shared with parties outside of Tinder's control.
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