When you post photos, text, or other content on Tinder, you give Tinder a broad, transferable, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sublicense that content, including creating derivative works from it.
This analysis describes what Tinder's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This license extends beyond simply displaying your profile to other users and permits Tinder to sublicense your content to third parties and create derivative works, with limited carve-outs specified in the terms.
Interpretive note: The practical interaction between the license survival assertion and GDPR erasure obligations is legally uncertain and may depend on enforcement interpretation and the specific technical architecture of Tinder's content sharing systems.
Photos, bios, and other content you post on Tinder can be used by Tinder and sublicensed to third parties in ways that go beyond showing your profile to potential matches, and the agreement asserts this license persists for content already shared with other users even if you delete your account.
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Content varies by region and subject to change.
"By creating an account, you grant to Tinder a worldwide, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, modify and distribute information you authorize us to access from third parties such as Facebook, as well as any information you post, upload, display or otherwise make available (collectively, 'post') on the Service or transmit to other Members (collectively, 'Content'). Tinder's license to your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that Tinder's license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of the Service.Excerpt from Tinder's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The content license provision interacts with GDPR Article 17 (right to erasure) and Article 6 (lawful basis for processing) for EU and UK users.
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This license extends beyond simply displaying your profile to other users and permits Tinder to sublicense your content to third parties and create derivative works, with limited carve-outs specified in the terms.
Photos, bios, and other content you post on Tinder can be used by Tinder and sublicensed to third parties in ways that go beyond showing your profile to potential matches, and the agreement asserts this license persists for content already shared with other users even if you delete your account.
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