Accessing or using Tinder binds the user to these Terms of Use and incorporates the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Community Guidelines, and Safety Tips.
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By accessing or using Tinder's Services, you agree to be bound by this Terms of Use Agreement (the "Terms" or "Agreement"), including our [Privacy Policy](https://policies.tinder.com/privacy), [Cookie Policy](https://policies.tinder.com/cookie-policy), [Community Guidelines](https://policies.tinder.com/community-guidelines), and [Safety Tips](https://policies.tinder.com/community-resources/safety-tips), so it is important that you read this Agreement and these policies and procedures carefully before you create an account.
regardless of registration or subscription status
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies regardless of registration or subscription status
Contracting entity determined by user country of residence
Users contract with Tinder LLC in Dallas TX for US and general users, MTCH Technology Services in Ireland for EEA/UK/Switzerland, or MG Japan Services in Japan.
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If you live in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, these Terms of Use are between you and: MTCH Technology Services Limited ("MTCH Technology") 10 Earlsfort Terrace Dublin 2, D01 T380 Ireland
If you live anywhere else, these Terms of Use apply between you and: Tinder LLC ("Tinder") 8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400 Dallas, TX 75231, USA
MG Japan Services GK
Qualifications & exceptions
Determined strictly by geographic residence of the user
Terms update procedure and affirmative acceptance requirement
Tinder may change terms with posted notice; however material changes to liability limitations and dispute resolution require affirmative acceptance.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, your continued access or use of our Services after the effective date of the Terms constitutes your consent to any changes, and as a result, you will be legally bound by the updated Terms.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any material changes to the Limitation of Liability in Section 14 and the Dispute Resolution provisions in Section 15, or where otherwise required by law, will require your affirmative acceptance.
Qualifications & exceptions
Continued use constitutes consent to other changes where permitted
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Mandatory features policy and account termination risk
Tinder reserves the right to introduce mandatory features; users who decline to engage with mandatory features may lose account access or be terminated.
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As these features are mandatory, if you do not wish to engage with these features, you may lose access to your account or be required to terminate your account as set forth in Section 9.
Qualifications & exceptions
Features may be designed for functionality, security, safety, or user experience
purpose: service_operation · purpose: security
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Individual consumer eligibility and minimum age requirement of 18
Users must be individual natural persons at least 18 years of age; corporate entities and partnerships are not permitted to create accounts.
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You are an individual (i.e., not any body corporate, partnership or other business entity) at least 18 years old;
You are legally qualified to enter a binding contract with Tinder;
Qualifications & exceptions
Users must be legally qualified to enter binding contracts
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Violent or sexual misconduct and sex-offender status bar eligibility
Tinder excludes people who have committed, been convicted of, or pleaded no contest to a crime involving violence, threats of violence or sexual misconduct, and people required to register as sex offenders.
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You have not committed, been convicted of, or pled no contest to any crime involving violence, the threat of violence, or sexual misconduct;
You are not required to register as a sex offender with any state, federal or local sex offender registry;
all authorization to access our Services or systems is automatically revoked
Qualifications & exceptions
Authorization is automatically revoked immediately if requirements cease to be met
purpose: security · purpose: legal_compliance
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Single active account rule and ban on previously removed users
Users may only maintain one active account on Tinder and cannot access the service if previously removed by Tinder or any affiliate.
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You do not have any other active accounts on our Services; and
You have not previously been removed from our Services or our affiliates' services by us or our affiliates, unless you have our express written permission to create a new account.
Qualifications & exceptions
Exception requires express written permission from Tinder
purpose: service_operation · purpose: security
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Prohibited harassment, intimidation, and financial solicitation
Users are strictly prohibited from harassing, stalking, intimidating, or bullying others, as well as soliciting money, gifts, loans, or credentials.
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Harass, bully, stalk, intimidate, assault, defame, harm or otherwise or mistreat any person;
Solicit money or other items of value from another user, whether as a gift, loan, or form of compensation;
Solicit passwords for any purpose
whether on or off of the Services
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies both on and off the services
purpose: security · purpose: service_operation
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Ban on automated scraping, crawling, indexing, and reverse engineering
Tinder prohibits automated or manual scraping, indexing and data mining, and prohibits framing without prior written authorization and reverse engineering.
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Use any robot, crawler, site search/retrieval application, proxy or other manual or automatic device, method or process to access, retrieve, index, "data mine," or in any way reproduce or circumvent the navigational structure or presentation of our Services or its contents;
"Frame" or "mirror" any part of our Services without Tinder's prior written authorization;
reverse engineer, decipher, decompile or otherwise disassemble any portion of our Services
purpose: security
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
User sole responsibility and indemnity for shared user content
Users are solely responsible and liable for content they upload, publish, or display, and must indemnify and hold Tinder harmless for their content.
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You are solely responsible and liable for Your Content, and, therefore, you agree to indemnify, defend, release, and hold us harmless from any claims made in connection with Your Content.
Your individual profile will be visible to other people around the world, so be sure that you are comfortable sharing Your Content before you post.
You may not display any personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment information
Qualifications & exceptions
Prohibits displaying personal contact, banking, or peer-to-peer payment info
Content and messages may be analyzed to operate and improve Tinder
Tinder may analyze, access, store and use content, messages and other communications to monitor, develop, personalize and improve its services, including with machine learning. Automated tools and human reviewers also enforce content rules.
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You understand and agree that we may analyze, access, store, and use Your Content, including messages and other communications, to monitor, develop, personalize, and improve our Services, including through the use of machine learning and other automated technologies, in accordance with applicable law.
We use a combination of automated tools and human reviewers to enforce our content rules. This includes technology that proactively detects and removes certain types of prohibited material.
Member content ownership and prohibition on unauthorized copying
Other members own their content. You may use it only consistently with the service purpose of communicating and meeting; commercial copying, spam, harassment and unlawful threats are prohibited.
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Member Content belongs to the user who posted the content
you may only use Member Content to the extent that your use is consistent with our Services' purpose of allowing you to communicate with and meet one another.
You may not copy the Member Content or use Member Content for commercial purposes, to spam, to harass, or to make unlawful threats.
purpose: service_operation
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Limited personal revocable license granted by Tinder to user
Tinder grants users a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable license to access and use the service.
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For as long as you comply with these Terms, Tinder grants you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable, non-exclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to access and use our Services for purposes as intended by Tinder and permitted by these Terms and applicable laws.
Qualifications & exceptions
Conditioned upon full ongoing compliance with these Terms
purpose: service_operation
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Broad worldwide license granted by user to Tinder for user content
Users grant Tinder a perpetual, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, and distribute content.
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By creating an account, you grant to Tinder a worldwide, perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free right and license to host, store, use, copy, display, reproduce, adapt, edit, publish, translate, modify, reformat, incorporate into other works, advertise, distribute and otherwise make available to the general public Your Content, including any information you authorize us to access from other third-party sources (if applicable), in whole or in part, and in any way and in any format or medium currently known or developed in the future.
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 our Services (including through our use of AI Technology).
Tinder's license to Your Content is subject to your rights under applicable law
Qualifications & exceptions
The license is subject to applicable legal rights, including personal-data protections.
Separate terms make the license exclusive for derivative works created through the service.
purpose: service_operation · purpose: marketing
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Disclosure of account records and communications under legal process
Tinder may access, preserve, and disclose account information and communications if required by law or in good faith to protect rights or safety.
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You agree that Tinder may access, preserve, and disclose your account information, including Your Content, if required to do so by law or upon a good faith belief that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (i) comply with legal process; (ii) enforce these Terms; (iii) respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (iv) respond to your requests for customer service; (v) protect the rights, property or personal safety of the Company or any other person, (vi) investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; or (vii) comply with the data rights requests of other users.
Qualifications & exceptions
Permitted to comply with legal process, enforce terms, or respond to claims
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Subscriptions automatically renew until affirmative cancellation
Subscriptions automatically renew for the price and period agreed at purchase until cancelled. Promotional prices may rise under the offer terms. Cancelling stops renewal but leaves the profile and access through the current subscription term.
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If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew until you cancel, in accordance with the terms disclosed to you at the time of purchase, as further described below.
Because our Services may be utilized without a subscription, canceling your subscription does not remove your profile from our Services. If you wish to fully terminate your account, you must terminate your account as set forth in Section 9.
you will continue to have access to your subscription benefits until the end of your subscription period
the subscription will automatically continue for the price and time period you agreed to when subscribing.
your price may go up per the terms of that offer
purpose: service_operation
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
External service subscription billing and cancellation protocols
Subscriptions purchased through Apple App Store or Google Play must be managed and canceled directly through those external platform accounts.
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If your External Service Purchase includes an automatically renewing subscription, your External Service Account will continue to be periodically charged for the subscription until you cancel.
To cancel a subscription: If you do not want your subscription to renew automatically, or if you want to change or terminate your subscription, you must log in to your External Service Account and follow instructions to manage or cancel your subscription, even if you have otherwise deleted your account with us or if you have deleted the App from your device.
if you subscribed on Google Play, cancellation is handled by Google.
Tinder may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion
Qualifications & exceptions
Initiating a chargeback may result in immediate account termination
purpose: service_operation
Charges & Financial Obligations · Permission or license
Internal payment method updates and replacement card billing
For direct internal purchases, users authorize Tinder to obtain updated expiration dates and card numbers from card issuers or payment networks.
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In addition, you authorize us to obtain updated or replacement expiration dates and card numbers for your credit or debit card as provided by your credit or debit card issuer.
you remain responsible for any uncollected amounts
This may result in a change to your payment billing dates.
Qualifications & exceptions
Failed payments remain payable; continued billing may change payment dates.
data: financial · purpose: service_operation
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Virtual items constitute limited revocable license without cash value
Virtual items are licensed rather than sold, carry no stored cash value and cannot be transferred. Their license ends when the service ends or the account closes. The general no-refund rule is subject to the agreement’s regional refund rights and applicable law.
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Virtual Items represent a limited license right governed by this Agreement, and, except as otherwise prohibited by applicable law, no title or ownership in or to Virtual Items is being transferred or assigned to you. This Agreement should not be construed as a sale of any rights in Virtual Items.
ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TINDER IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.
does not constitute a real-world balance or reflect any stored value
on the earlier of when Tinder ceases providing our Services, or your account is otherwise closed or terminated.
The transfer of Virtual Items is prohibited
you are entitled to a full refund of your subscription and/or unused Virtual Items during the 7 days following the purchase.
Qualifications & exceptions
Korean purchasers have a seven-day refund right for unused virtual items.
purpose: service_operation
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
General no-refund policy with jurisdictional statutory cancellation rights
Purchases generally receive no refund or credit for unused periods unless applicable law provides otherwise. EU, EEA, UK and Swiss subscribers have a 14-day refund period from subscription start. Korean subscribers and purchasers of unused virtual items have seven days from purchase.
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Generally, all purchases are final and nonrefundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods, except if the laws applicable in your jurisdiction provide for refunds.
In accordance with local law, you are entitled to a full refund during the 14 days after the subscription begins. Please note that this 14-day period commences when the subscription starts.
For subscribers residing in the EU, EEA, UK, and Switzerland:
For subscribers and purchasers of Virtual Items residing in the Republic of Korea:
you are entitled to a full refund of your subscription and/or unused Virtual Items during the 7 days following the purchase.
your refund requests are handled by Apple, not Tinder.
Qualifications & exceptions
Apple ID refunds go through Apple. Other purchases use Tinder’s customer-service or written-notice process.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
US state 3-day cancellation right, disability, and estate refund terms
Subscribers in the listed US states and Israel may cancel without penalty before midnight of the third business day after subscribing. Death or a disabling condition preventing use gives an estate or subscriber a prorated refund for the subsequent period, subject to the notice process.
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Your Right to Cancel - You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed. In the event that you die before the end of your subscription period, your estate shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your death. In the event that you become disabled (such that you are unable to use our Services) before the end of your subscription period, you shall be entitled to a refund of that portion of any payment you had made for your subscription which is allocable to the period after your disability by providing the Company notice in the same manner as you request a refund as described below.
For subscribers residing in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Israel:
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Israel.
purpose: legal_compliance
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Account termination procedures and immediate ban without refund for breach
Users may delete accounts at any time; Tinder may suspend or terminate accounts without notice or refund if it believes terms were violated.
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You can delete your account at any time by logging into the Website or App, going to "Settings", clicking "Delete Account", and following the instructions to complete the deletion process.
Tinder also reserves the right to review and, if appropriate, suspend, terminate, or ban 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 our Services, in our sole discretion.
except if the laws applicable in your jurisdiction provide for refunds.
Qualifications & exceptions
External subscriptions must also be cancelled with the external provider.
The no-refund language is subject to Section 8d’s regional refund rights and applicable law.
purpose: service_operation · purpose: security
Security & Safeguards · Context
No criminal background or identity checks disclaimer
The terms state that Tinder does not conduct criminal-background or identity-verification checks, while reserving the right to screen using public records or a consumer-reporting agency. Users authorize those checks and remain responsible for precautions and interactions.
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YOU UNDERSTAND THAT TINDER DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS. TINDER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE CONDUCT, IDENTITY, HEALTH, PHYSICAL CONDITION, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, OR VERACITY OF USERS.
YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER USERS. WE CANNOT, AND SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS AND OTHER TOOLS DO NOT, GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY AND ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR FOLLOWING THE [SAFETY TIPS](https://policies.tinder.com/community-resources/safety-tips) AND OTHER SENSIBLE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
Qualifications & exceptions
Tinder reserves the right to conduct public records screenings at its discretion
purpose: security · purpose: service_operation
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Disclaimer of warranties and exclusion of user conduct liability
Services are provided as-is without warranties of any kind; Tinder disclaims all liability for third-party content and online or offline user conduct.
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TINDER PROVIDES OUR SERVICES ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GRANTS NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO OUR SERVICES (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TINDER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, RECEIVES, AND/OR ACTS ON THROUGH OUR SERVICES, NOR DOES TINDER ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS, LEGITIMACY, CONDUCT, OR VERACITY OF ANY USERS WITH WHOM YOU MAY COMMUNICATE WITH THROUGH TINDER ON OR OFF THE SERVICE.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to maximum extent permitted by applicable law
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Liability limitation and $100 or 24-month payment cap
To the extent allowed by law, Tinder excludes listed indirect and other damages and caps total service-related liability at the greater of $100 or fees paid during the 24 months before the first legal proceeding is filed.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL TINDER, ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, FIXED, OR ENHANCED DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL TINDER'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) $100 USD OR (B) THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO TINDER FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST FILE A LAWSUIT, ARBITRATION OR ANY OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING AGAINST TINDER
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE LIMITATIONS IN THIS SECTION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Qualifications & exceptions
Some jurisdictions disallow certain damage limitations; some or all of these limits may not apply.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Mandatory 60-day informal dispute resolution process
Before arbitration or small claims, the claimant must send a detailed, personally signed notice and allow 60 days after receipt of a complete notice for good-faith negotiation, unless extended by agreement. A requested telephone conference requires personal participation.
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If you have a Dispute with Tinder ("Your Dispute"), before formally pursuing Your Dispute in arbitration or small claims court, you agree to first send a detailed notice ("Notice") to CT Corporation, c/o Tinder, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, USA.
However, if the Dispute is not resolved within 60 days after receipt of a fully completed Notice and the Parties have not otherwise mutually agreed to an extension of this informal dispute resolution time period, you or Tinder may initiate an arbitration (subject to a Party's right to elect small claims court as provided below).
You must personally sign this Notice for it to be effective.
you agree to personally participate
Qualifications & exceptions
The EFAA exception applies when a court finds it covers the claims.
Limitations periods and filing-fee deadlines pause during the informal process.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Class action waiver and jury trial waiver
Users and Tinder waive rights to a jury trial and agree to resolve claims solely on an individual basis, barring class, collective, or representative actions.
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TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, YOU AND TINDER EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES IN COURT IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION (EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT A COURT FINDS THE "ENDING FORCED ARBITRATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ACT" APPLIES). YOU AND TINDER EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO FILE OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER OR OTHERWISE TO SEEK RELIEF ON A CLASS BASIS, INCLUDING ANY CURRENTLY PENDING ACTIONS AGAINST TINDER.
Subsections 15b, 15c, 15d, and 15e, which shall not apply to users residing within the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland.
THAT PARTICULAR CLAIM OR REQUEST FOR RELIEF SHALL PROCEED IN COURT BUT SHALL BE STAYED PENDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
The EFAA court exception applies. An unenforceable prohibition on particular relief may send that relief to court after the stated final ruling, with a stay pending individual arbitration.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Mandatory individual arbitration with sexual assault carve-out
Disputes not settled informally must be resolved by binding arbitration (NAM) or small claims court, carving out sexual assault/harassment claims under EFAA.
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Any Dispute (that is not resolved informally by Tinder Customer Service or the informal dispute resolution process as provided under subsection 15a above) shall be exclusively resolved through BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION except for the following types of Disputes:
To the extent your claims are covered by the “Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harrassment Act”: If a court finds the EFAA covers your claim(s), that claim can be brought in accordance with Section 17.
Subsections 15b, 15c, 15d, and 15e, which shall not apply to users residing within the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland.
Either you or Tinder may elect to have an individual claim heard in small claims court.
shall be administered by NAM
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Either party may elect an eligible individual small-claims action; a court determines whether the EFAA applies.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Mass arbitration filing protocols and staged bellwether proceedings
When 25 or more similar arbitration demands are coordinated, staged bellwether proceedings apply to test claims before remaining claims may proceed.
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Mass Filing – If, at any time, 25 or more similar demands for arbitration are asserted against Tinder or related parties by the same or coordinated counsel or entities (“Mass Filing”), consistent with the definition and criteria of Mass Filings set forth in the NAM’s Mass Filing Supplemental Dispute Resolution Rules and Procedures (“NAM’s Mass Filing Rules”, available at [Rules, Fees & Forms - National Arbitration and Mediation](https://www.namadr.com/resources/rules-fees-forms/)), the additional protocols set forth below shall apply.
Subsections 15b, 15c, 15d, and 15e, which shall not apply to users residing within the EU, EEA, UK, or Switzerland.
no more than those 30 arbitrations shall be filed, processed, adjudicated, or pending at such time
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
NAM’s rules determine mass-filing treatment; coordinated cases can be delayed.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Texas governing law and exclusive venue in Dallas County, Texas
Texas law and the Federal Arbitration Act generally govern disputes, except where prohibited by law. Non-arbitrated claims generally go to Dallas County courts, with exceptions for small claims and users in the EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland or other jurisdictions where the forum rule is prohibited.
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You agree that the Services, this Agreement, and all Disputes, including but not limited to any claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or our Services, shall be deemed to have arisen in Dallas County, Texas and in no other state or county, and that Texas law and the Federal Arbitration Act will apply to any Dispute (except where prohibited by law).
To the fullest extent allowable by law, any claims that are not arbitrated for any reason must be litigated in Dallas County, Texas (except for claims filed in small claims court, or for users residing in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland or another jurisdiction where prohibited by law).
who may bring claims in their country of residence in accordance with applicable law
Qualifications & exceptions
The agreement preserves the stated mandatory-consumer-law exceptions.
purpose: legal_compliance
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Broad indemnification of Tinder for user conduct, content, and breach
Users must defend and indemnify Tinder, affiliates, and personnel from claims, damages, liabilities, and legal fees arising from user conduct, content, or breach.
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You agree, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Tinder, our affiliates, and their and our respective officers, directors, agents, and employees from and against any and all complaints, demands, claims, damages, losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses, including attorney's fees, due to, arising out of, or relating in any way to your access to or use of our Services, Your Content, your conduct toward other users, or your breach of this Agreement.
Qualifications & exceptions
To extent permitted under applicable law; some jurisdictions disallow indemnification
purpose: legal_compliance
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Special New York terms on subscription hold and referral disclaimers
New York subscribers may place subscriptions on hold for up to one year and are informed that Tinder does not guarantee a specific number of referrals.
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The Services do not guarantee any number of "referrals" - rather, the functionality of the Services is such that the subscriber can view as many profiles as he/she would like;
Upon notice in writing and delivered to Tinder Legal, P.O. Box 25472, Dallas, Texas 75225, USA, subscribers may place their subscription on hold for up to one year;
Qualifications & exceptions
Written notice delivered to Tinder Legal required to place subscription on hold
purpose: legal_compliance
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
User content may train AI, and learned information cannot be unlearned
The license expressly allows Tinder to use content to train, develop and improve its services and other products, including AI. The terms say the services may learn from content and cannot later unlearn it.
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to train, develop, adapt, modify, enhance, or improve the Services and other products or services including through our use of AI Technology.
cannot thereafter "unlearn.".
subject to your rights under applicable law
Qualifications & exceptions
The content license is subject to applicable law, including data-protection rights.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Tinder claims an exclusive license to service-created derivative works
The content license is generally non-exclusive, but exclusive for derivative works created through Tinder, including with AI. The terms give screenshots containing your content as an example.
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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 our Services (including through our use of AI Technology).
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Tinder may enforce content rights on your behalf
Users authorize Tinder to send DMCA notices about content taken from its services and used elsewhere. Tinder receives authority to act, without a duty to do so.
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the authority, but not the obligation, to send notices pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Profiles are visible worldwide and others may share content
Profiles may be viewed worldwide. Other users may share content with third parties despite these terms.
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Your individual profile will be visible to other people around the world
other users may share Your Content with third parties.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
You remain responsible for AI-assisted content
AI-generated or enhanced material remains your content. You are responsible for its accuracy, use and resulting decisions or actions.
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This is still Your Content, and you are responsible for it and its accuracy
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Content can be restricted even if legal where you live
Tinder may edit, block or remove content at its discretion and has no obligation to display or review it. Content illegal in another jurisdiction where Tinder operates may be removed even if legal locally.
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If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
we have no obligation to display or review Your Content.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Affiliate safety sharing can lead to cross-service bans
Tinder may share data with affiliates for user safety, ban users from its own and affiliates’ services, and prevent new accounts. It may withhold account information to protect others’ safety or privacy.
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we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users
banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Content decisions may be appealed; abusive reports can trigger bans
Users may appeal mistaken content removals. Repeated manifestly unfounded reports can lead to the reporter being banned.
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If you believe Your Content was removed in error, you may submit an appeal.
Repeated submission of manifestly unfounded reports will result in a ban.
Content & IP Rights · Permission or license
Feedback may be used without compensation
Tinder may use and share suggestions for any purpose without payment; users waive rights in those suggestions.
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Tinder may use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensating you
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Third-party AI integrations and API use need written consent
The terms prohibit unapproved third-party services that interact with Tinder or member information, including AI systems, and unapproved API access.
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including but not limited to artificial intelligence or machine learning systems;
Use, access, or publish the Tinder application programming interface without our written consent;
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Content and conduct restrictions cover fraud, harm and commercial solicitation
The terms prohibit identity misrepresentation, harmful or illegal uses, commercial content, infringement, non-consensual likenesses and unsafe content involving minors. Violations can cause immediate suspension or termination.
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Misrepresent your identity, age, employment (current or previous), qualifications or affiliations with a person or entity;
Is illegal or encourages or facilitates any illegal activity
Relates to commercial activities
Infringes upon any third party's rights
Includes the image or likeness of another person without that person's consent
Includes an image or likeness of a minor who is unaccompanied
may result in the immediate suspension or termination of your account.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Eligibility also requires legal capacity and sanctions compliance
Users must be legally able to contract, permitted by law to use Tinder, and outside the stated embargo and prohibited-person restrictions. Losing eligibility ends authorization and requires account deletion.
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You are legally qualified to enter a binding contract with Tinder;
You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo
You are not on any list of individuals prohibited from conducting business with the United States
you must immediately delete your account
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Users must keep the app current and secure their accounts
Users agree to follow applicable laws and community guidelines, use the latest app or website version, treat others respectfully and protect account credentials.
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Comply with all applicable laws
Use the latest version of the Website and/or App;
both on and off our Services;
Take reasonable measures to protect the security of your account and login information.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure
Internal subscriptions cancel in the account section
Direct purchases may be cancelled through the website or app’s Account section. Benefits continue through the current term; billing errors may be corrected even after payment.
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log in to the Website or App and go to the Account section.
Tinder may correct any billing errors or mistakes even if we have already requested or received payment.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
German subscribers can end a renewed subscription on one month’s notice
After renewal, German subscribers may terminate with a one-month notice period; termination for cause remains available.
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For subscribers residing in Germany:
You may terminate your subscription after it has renewed with a notice period of one month.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Permission or license
Virtual items may be changed or eliminated
Tinder reserves control over virtual items, including their modification or removal, potentially affecting their perceived value or price. The terms disclaim liability for exercising these rights.
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Tinder may manage, regulate, control, modify, or eliminate Virtual Items at any time
Qualifications & exceptions
Regional refund rights and mandatory law still apply.
Retention & Deletion · Context
Termination does not erase the agreement or immediately delete all data
The terms remain enforceable after termination. Account information is retained and deleted under the separate Privacy Policy, which is not analyzed here.
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these Terms continue and remain enforceable between you and Tinder
Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our [Privacy Policy](https://policies.tinder.com/privacy).
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Copyright complaints require a detailed notice
A DMCA notice must identify the work and allegedly infringing material, give contact details, include an authorized signature and good-faith and accuracy statements. Tinder says repeat infringers’ accounts will be terminated.
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please submit a notification alleging such infringement
A physical or electronic signature
under penalty of perjury
Tinder will terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Third-party offers and ad rewards are not guaranteed
Third-party terms govern interactions with advertisers and linked services. Tinder does not endorse them or guarantee ads that may award virtual items are available.
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Tinder does not guarantee that you will always be eligible to watch such advertisements
such party's terms will govern their relationship with you.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Arbitration fees follow NAM rules with stated exceptions
NAM’s rules generally allocate fees, subject to mass-filing rules and permitted reallocation. Tinder considers hardship requests in good faith and pays all NAM fees when it starts arbitration.
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Upon a showing to Tinder of your financial hardship we will consider a good faith request
If Tinder initiates an arbitration against you, we shall pay all NAM fees.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Arbitration demands require notice and written certification
An arbitration demand must describe claims and relief; a copy must reach the other party within seven days. Failure to certify compliance with Section 15, or a valid small-claims election, prevents administration.
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within 7 days of delivery of the Demand for Arbitration to NAM.
fails to certify in writing that the Party meets the requirements of Dispute Resolution Section 15
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Arbitration limits evidence gathering and sets short deadlines
Each side generally has five document requests and five interrogatories, served within 21 days of appointment. Other discovery requires agreement; additional discovery requires good cause. Responses ordinarily come within 30 days, with stated extensions.
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serve up to five requests for relevant, non-privileged documents
no more than 5 relevant interrogatories (including subparts).
within 21 days after the Claim Arbitrator’s appointment.
The burden of establishing good cause for any additional discovery is on the moving Party.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
An oral arbitration hearing must be requested promptly
The default is a written decision without an oral hearing. A party must request a hearing within the stated ten-day period after the response; both parties must attend personally or risk default absent an approved continuance.
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unless a Party requests an oral hearing at least within 10 days after the Respondent files a response.
will result in a default judgment taken against that Party.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Arbitration decisions can include costs and bad-faith sanctions
A reasoned written award is due within the stated 30-day period. It binds only the parties, though other decisions may be considered. Fees and costs may be awarded under NAM rules or applicable court standards, including for frivolous or bad-faith claims.
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a reasoned decision, in writing within 30 days
will not have any preclusive effect in another arbitration or proceeding that involves a different Party.
a claim or defense is frivolous or was brought for an improper purpose
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Rejecting a settlement offer can shift later legal costs
If the award is less favorable than the respondent’s settlement offer, the other party may have to pay post-offer costs and attorney fees. Where law prohibits this cost shift, the offer instead stops accumulation of recoverable costs.
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the opposing Party must pay the Respondent’s costs incurred after the offer was made, including any attorney’s fees.
If any applicable statute or case law prohibits the flipping of costs
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Mass arbitration proceeds through staged rounds and mediation
The first round has 30 cases, rising to 40, 50, 60 and 70 in subsequent rounds. Remaining cases wait; mediation follows the first round with Tinder paying the mediator. Later processing and fees depend on selection, and limitations periods are tolled as specified.
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an additional four (4) rounds
with Tinder to pay the mediator’s fees.
Fees associated with a Demand for Arbitration included in the Mass Filings
shall be tolled beginning when you initiate the informal dispute resolution process
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Only retroactive dispute-rule changes have a 30-day opt-out
Users can opt out of applying Section 15 to already accrued claims by emailing tinderoptout@match.com within 30 days of consent with identifying information. Earlier dispute agreements still apply, and future claims remain under the new section.
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within 30 days of the time you consent to this Agreement
to the following email address: tinderoptout@match.com.
you will still be subject to and bound by any Dispute Resolution Sections and Arbitration Procedures you previously agreed to
Qualifications & exceptions
Sections 15b–15e do not apply to EU, EEA, UK or Swiss residents, or where prohibited by law.
This is not a general opt-out from arbitration.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Relocation may qualify certain state subscribers for assistance or a refund
Subscribers in Illinois, New York, North Carolina and Ohio who believe they moved outside the service area can write to Tinder; it will work with them on alternative services or a refund.
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For subscribers residing in Illinois, New York, North Carolina and Ohio:
we will work with you to provide alternative services or a refund
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Denmark and UK digital-content withdrawal has a consent exception
For Denmark and UK subscribers, the withdrawal form is optional. Digital-content orders cannot be cancelled after processing begins with express prior consent and acknowledgment of losing cancellation rights, including virtual-item purchases.
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For subscribers residing in Denmark and the United Kingdom:
if order processing has begun with your express, prior consent and acknowledgment that you thereby waive your right of cancellation.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
UK users may bring a contract claim over enforcement decisions
UK residents may bring a breach-of-contract claim if content or account action did not comply with the terms. Tinder encourages an appeal first.
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For users residing in the United Kingdom:
you have the right to bring a claim for breach of contract under UK law.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Account rights cannot be transferred and generally end at death
Accounts and granted licenses cannot be assigned by the user. Tinder may assign its rights without restriction. Account and content rights end at death unless law provides otherwise; invalid provisions generally leave the rest in force.
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your Tinder account is non-transferable and all of your rights to your account and its content terminate upon your death, unless otherwise provided by law.