Tinder can suspend or permanently delete your account, without refunding any remaining subscription value, if it decides your behavior on or off the app violates its standards or if your account is inactive for an extended period.
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This clause gives Tinder broad discretion to terminate accounts and retain subscription fees already paid, and applies to behavior outside the Tinder platform as well as within it.
Your Tinder account and any remaining paid subscription value can be removed at Tinder's discretion based on conduct both on and off the platform, with no guaranteed refund for unused subscription time.
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"Tinder reserves the right to investigate and, if appropriate, suspend or terminate your account without a refund if Tinder believes that you have violated these Terms, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that Tinder regards as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off the Service. We also reserve the right to delete your account if it is inactive for an extended period of time.Excerpt from Tinder's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Broad discretionary termination clauses in consumer platform agreements interact with the FTC Act's prohibition on unfair practices, particularly where account termination results in financial loss (forfeiture of prepaid subscription fees) without clear procedural …
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This clause gives Tinder broad discretion to terminate accounts and retain subscription fees already paid, and applies to behavior outside the Tinder platform as well as within it.
Your Tinder account and any remaining paid subscription value can be removed at Tinder's discretion based on conduct both on and off the platform, with no guaranteed refund for unused subscription time.
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