Website cookie settings are in your Tinder profile settings; app privacy preferences are in the app's account settings
For people who only want to change their settings, the policy says to go to the profile settings in Tinder (linked to tinder.com/app/profile) to update website cookie settings, and to the account settings in the app to adjust privacy preferences there. Website and app settings are separate places.
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Head to the [profile settings in Tinder](https://tinder.com/app/profile), to update your website cookies settings and head to your account settings in your app to adjust your privacy preferences there.
Qualifications & exceptions
Website cookie settings and in-app preferences are adjusted in two different places.
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The policy does not list which choices each settings screen offers.
Data Access & Collection · Context
A cookie is a small file that can carry an identifier and may also hold device details, settings and browsing history
The policy defines cookies as small text files sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device's memory. A cookie typically contains the domain it came from, its lifetime (when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using Tinder's services.
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Cookies are small text files that are sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device’s memory. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain (internet location) from which the cookie originated, the “lifetime” of the cookie (i.e., when it expires) and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. A cookie also may contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history and activities conducted while using our services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Device information, settings and browsing history are things a cookie may contain, not things every cookie contains.
Data Access & Collection · Context
In this policy, “cookies” also means web beacons, tracking URLs and SDKs
The policy says web beacons (also called pixels, tags or clear gifs), tracking URLs and software development kits (SDKs) are used for similar purposes as cookies, and that for simplicity it calls these technologies “cookies” too. Web beacons carry a unique identifier that lets Tinder recognize when someone visited its service or opened an email Tinder sent. Tracking URLs are custom links that show Tinder where traffic to its webpages comes from. SDKs are small pieces of code in apps that function like cookies and web beacons. Every later statement about “cookies” in this policy therefore also covers these technologies, including SDKs inside apps.
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Other technologies such as web beacons (also called pixel, tags or clear gifs), tracking URLs or software development kits (SDKs) are used for similar purposes as cookies. Web beacons are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our service or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. Tracking URLs are custom generated links that help us understand where the traffic to our webpages comes from. SDKs are small pieces of code included in apps, which function like cookies and web beacons.
For simplicity, we also refer to these technologies as “cookies” in this Cookie Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The wider meaning of “cookies” applies throughout this Cookie Policy.
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The policy does not name the specific SDKs or beacons used.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Changing your cookie preferences may make the services less personalized or, in some cases, partly unusable
The policy says several cookie management options are available to you. It warns that changes you make to your cookie preferences may make the services less satisfying because they may not be as personalized to you, and that in some cases you may be unable to use all or part of the services. It does not say which choices have which effect.
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There are several cookie management options available to you. Please note that changes you make to your cookie preferences may make using our services a less satisfying experience as they may not be as personalized to you. In some cases, you may even find yourself unable to use all or part of our services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both effects are stated as possibilities (“may”); loss of access is limited to “some cases”.
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Which preference changes cause reduced personalization or loss of access is not stated.
You can set and adjust cookie preferences at any time with Tinder's website tool and the app's account settings
Tinder says you can set and adjust your cookie preferences at any time, using the tool on its website (linked to tinder.com/app/profile) and by going to your account settings in the app and adjusting your app cookie preferences there. The earlier section on cookie types says these website and in-app consent management tools are also where you can learn more about the partners and service providers that place third-party cookies. Changing preferences may reduce personalization or, in some cases, access to the services.
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You can set and adjust your cookies preferences at any time, by using the [tool available on our website](https://tinder.com/app/profile), and by heading to your account settings in your app and adjusting your app cookie preferences there.
You can learn more about these partners and service providers through our website and in-app consent management tools.
In some cases, you may even find yourself unable to use all or part of our services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Website and app cookie preferences are set separately.
Changing preferences may reduce personalization or, in some cases, access to all or part of the services.
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Which cookie categories the tools let you switch off is not stated in this text.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): The policy treats using services that rely on Google Maps API cookies as consent to Google collecting and sharing data — contrast: Reviewed tension: the policy says you can set cookie preferences at any time with Tinder's tools, yet it treats browsing and using services that rely on Google Maps API cookies as consent to their storage and to Google's use and sharing of the data, with choices handled by Google. The text does not say whether Tinder's tools cover these cookies.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Some web browsers let you control or reject cookies or alert you when one is placed
The policy notes that some web browsers have settings that let you control or reject cookies, or alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. The steps differ for each browser; the policy points you to your browser's help menu rather than describing them.
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Some web browsers provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer. The procedure for managing cookies is slightly different for each internet browser. You can check the specific steps in your particular browser help menu.
Qualifications & exceptions
Only some browsers offer these settings; the steps vary by browser.
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How browser cookie blocking affects Tinder's app SDKs, which the policy also calls cookies, is not stated.
Data Access & Collection · User right or choice
Your mobile device may let you reset its identifiers or opt out of their collection or processing
The policy says you also may be able to reset device identifiers, or opt out of having identifiers collected or processed, using the appropriate setting on your mobile device. The steps differ for each device; check your device's help or settings menu.
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You also may be able to reset device identifiers or opt-out from having identifiers collected or processed by using the appropriate setting on your mobile device. The procedures for managing identifiers are slightly different for each device. You can check the specific steps in the help or settings menu of your particular device.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated as something you may be able to do; availability depends on the device.
Not stated here
Which identifiers Tinder collects is not listed in this text.