Data comes from what you provide, what using the service generates, and third parties
Section 3 introduces three sources of data: information you provide (such as basic profile details and the kinds of people you want to meet), information generated by using the service (such as login times, how you used the service, and the insights and inferences Tinder generates from your content), and data from third parties, for example when you sign in through another platform such as Facebook, Google or Apple or upload information from another account. The tables that follow give the detailed categories.
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Using our service also generates some information, such as when you logged in and how you used the service, as well as the insights and inferences we generate based on the content you provide.
We also collect data from third parties, like when you access the service through an account you have on another platform (e.g., Facebook, Google or Apple) or when you upload information from your account on another platform to complete your profile.
3. Data We Collect
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The first collection table lists categories of data you give Tinder, each with a description
The Section 3 table headed “Data you give us” has two columns, Categories and Description, and groups the kinds of information you provide yourself: Account Data, Profile Data, Content, Purchase Data, Marketing/Survey/Research Data, Third-Party Data, Customer Support Data and Social Media Data. The cards for each row explain what the category covers. The grouping label matters: these are categories you supply, as opposed to data generated automatically or collected otherwise, which later tables cover.
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Data you give us
Categories
Description
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Account Data: phone number, email address and date of birth given at sign-up
When you create an account, you give Tinder basic information needed to set it up, such as your phone number, email address and date of birth. The policy calls this Account Data; later sections use that label when listing which data is processed or shared.
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Account Data
When you create an account, you give us basic information for your account to be set up such as your phone number, email address, and date of birth.
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed items are examples (“such as”), not an exhaustive list.
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Profile Data may include sensitive details; providing it counts as consent to use it as the policy describes
When you complete your profile you share additional details such as gender, interests, preferences and approximate location. Some of this may be treated as sensitive or special data in certain countries, for example details about sexual orientation, sexual life, health or political beliefs. The policy states that if you choose to provide such data, you consent to Tinder using it as laid out in this Privacy Policy. Providing sensitive profile details is optional, but doing so is treated as consent to the described uses.
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Profile Data
When you complete your profile, you share additional details about you, such as your gender, interests, preferences, approximate location, etc.
Some of this data may be considered sensitive or special in certain countries, such as details about sexual orientation, sexual life, health, or political beliefs. If you choose to provide this data, you consent to us using it as laid out in this Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Consent to use sensitive data arises only if you choose to provide it.
Whether data counts as sensitive or special depends on the country.
Content: photos, videos, audio, text, search queries and chats with other members
When you use the service you share photos, videos, audio, text and other types of content, which the policy says includes your search queries and your chats with other members. The policy groups all of this as Content.
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Content
share photos, videos, audio, text and other types of content, such as your search queries or chats with other members.
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Marketing, Survey and Research Data is collected when you choose to take part in surveys, promotions or contests
Tinder sometimes runs surveys, focus groups or market studies for research, and promotions, events or contests for marketing. When you choose to participate, you give Tinder information to process your entry and participation, together with your responses and feedback. Collection here depends on your choosing to take part.
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Marketing, Survey and Research Data
When you choose to participate, you give us information to process your entry and participation, as well as your responses to our questions and your feedback.
We sometimes run (i) surveys, focus groups, or market studies for research purposes and (ii) promotions, events or contests for marketing purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only when you choose to participate.
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Customer Support Data: what you send support, reports others file about you, and moderation findings
When you contact Tinder, you provide information that may be necessary to address your inquiry. Other people can also submit queries or reports involving you, and Tinder's moderation tools and teams can collect additional data as part of their investigations. So this category includes data you did not supply yourself: reports from others and investigation material.
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Customer Support Data
When you contact us, you provide information that may be necessary to help address your inquiry. Other people can also submit queries or reports involving you. Finally, our moderation tools and teams can collect additional data as part of their investigations.
Qualifications & exceptions
Includes data submitted by other people about you and data gathered by moderation investigations.
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Where legally allowed, Tinder can receive information about suspected or confirmed bad actors from third parties
As part of its member safety and security efforts, Tinder can receive information about suspected or confirmed bad actors from third parties, where legally allowed. This is an inbound source of data about people, limited by applicable law.
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Where legally allowed, we can also receive information about suspected or confirmed bad actors from third parties as part of our efforts to ensure our members’ safety and security.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only where legally allowed.
Framed as part of member safety and security efforts.
Not stated here
Which third parties supply this information is not stated.
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The second collection table covers data generated or automatically collected while you use the service
The Section 3 table headed “Data generated or automatically collected” has Categories and Description columns and groups Usage Data, Technical Data, and Insights and Inferences. Unlike the first table, these are not things you type in; they arise from using the service.
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Data generated or automatically collected
Categories
Description
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Usage Data: how you use the service, how you interact with others, and interactions with Tinder ads elsewhere
Using the service generates data about your activity: how you use it (for example when you logged in, features used, actions taken, information shown to you, referring webpages and ads you interacted with) and how you interact with others (searching, matching, communicating). Tinder also receives data about interactions you had with its ads on third-party websites or apps, where applicable.
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Usage Data
Using the service generates data about your activity, including how you use it (e.g., when you logged in, features you’ve been using, actions taken, information shown to you, referring webpages, ads you interacted with) and how you interact with others (e.g., searching, matching, communicating).
We also receive data related to interactions you had with our ads on third party websites or apps, if applicable.
Qualifications & exceptions
Data about interactions with Tinder's ads on third-party sites or apps is received “if applicable”.
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Technical Data: device identifiers, IP address, sensor and movement data, advertising IDs and cookie identifiers
Using the service involves collecting data from and about the devices you use, including hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID, device type, operating system and configuration, network information, device movement and sensor data, app settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs, and identifiers tied to cookies or similar technologies that can uniquely identify a device or browser. Cookie details are in a separate Cookie Policy that is not supplied.
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Technical Data
Using the service involves the collection of data from and about the device(s) you use to access our service, including hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID device type, operating systems and configurations, network information, device movement and sensor data, as well as app settings and characteristics, app crashes, advertising IDs and identifiers associated with cookies or other technologies that can uniquely identify a device or browser.
Not stated here
The linked Cookie Policy is not supplied.
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The third collection table groups other data Tinder collects: geolocation, face data and ID data
The Section 3 table headed “Other data we collect” has Categories and Description columns and lists Geolocation Data, Face Data and ID Data. Each of these depends on a permission or a choice you make, as the row cards explain.
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Other data we collect
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Description
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Geolocation is collected only with your permission; declining disables features that need precise location
If you give permission, Tinder can collect your geolocation (latitude and longitude) from your device. If you decline, certain features that rely on precise geolocation will not be available to you. Collection depends on your device permission; the trade-off is loss of location-based features.
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Geolocation Data
If you give us permission, we can collect your geolocation (latitude and longitude) from your device. If you decline permission, certain features that rely on precise geolocation will not be available to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Collected only if you give permission.
Declining permission makes features relying on precise geolocation unavailable.
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Face Data: optional verification features collect face geometry, which may count as biometric data
You may choose to take part in features such as Photo Verification, Photo Check or ID + Photo Verification, which involve collecting face geometry data; the policy notes this may be considered biometric data in some jurisdictions. Details of how face geometry is processed for each feature are in linked notices. Separately, if you use Tinder in a region where Face Check is required, or use Tinder on the web, a Face Check process applies and is described at a linked page. Participation in the named verification features is a choice, but Face Check can be required by region or by web use.
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Face Data
You may choose to participate in certain of our features like Photo Verification, Photo Check, or ID + Photo Verification, that involve the collection of face geometry data, which may be considered biometric data in some jurisdictions.
If you use Tinder in a region where Face Check is required, or if you use Tinder on the web, you may learn more about the Face Check process
Qualifications & exceptions
Photo Verification, Photo Check and ID + Photo Verification are features you may choose to use.
Face Check is required in some regions and when using Tinder on the web.
Not stated here
The per-feature notices and the Face Check page are linked but not supplied.
Which regions require Face Check is not stated here.
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ID Data: you may provide a copy of your government-issued ID for identity checks
You may provide Tinder with a copy of your government-issued ID to help it check that you are who you say you are. The policy phrases this as something you may do; the retention and sharing of ID Data appear in later sections.
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ID Data
You may provide us with a copy of your government-issued ID to help us check that you’re who you say you are.