Privacybeleid

Woon je in Californië? Bekijk onze Privacyverklaring voor Californië, die een aanvulling vormt op dit privacybeleid.

Inwoners van Washington of Nevada kunnen ons Privacybeleid voor de Gezondheidsgegevens van Consumenten raadplegen, dat een aanvulling vormt op dit privacybeleid.


Hoi! Welkom bij het privacybeleid van Tinder.

We weten dat het lezen van een privacybeleid niet het leukste is dat er bestaat, maar besteed er alsjeblieft toch de nodige aandacht aan. We hebben veel moeite gedaan om dit beleid zo duidelijk en toegankelijk mogelijk te maken, omdat we echt willen dat je het leest. Zie ons als je digitale rechterhand, die je wegwijs maakt in welke gegevens we verzamelen en waarom en hoe we die gebruiken. Dus maak het jezelf comfortabel, pak je favoriete drankje erbij en laten we privacy samen begrijpelijk maken.

Dit Privacybeleid is van toepassing vanaf 31 maart 2026. De vorige versie, die hier beschikbaar is, is tot die tijd van toepassing.

  1. Wie we zijn

  2. Waar dit privacybeleid op van toepassing is

  3. Gegevens die we verzamelen

  4. Hoe we gegevens gebruiken

  5. Hoe we gegevens delen

  6. Hoe de bedrijven van Match Group samenwerken

  7. Grensoverschrijdende gegevensoverdrachten

  8. Jouw rechten

  9. Hoelang we jouw gegevens bewaren

  10. Privacy van kinderen

  11. Wijzigingen van het privacybeleid

  12. Hoe je contact met ons kunt opnemen

1. Wie we zijn

Indien je woonachtig bent in de Europese Economische Ruimte (‘EER’), het Verenigd Koninkrijk of Zwitserland, is de onderneming die verantwoordelijk is voor je gegevens (de ‘verwerkingsverantwoordelijke’):

MTCH Technology Services Limited
Tinder
1 Hatch Street Upper 
Dublin 2 
D02 PY28
Ierland

Als je woonachtig bent in Japan, is de onderneming die verantwoordelijk is voor je gegevens:

MG Japan Services GK
4F Sumitomo Fudosan Azabu Bldg
1-4-1 Mita
Minato-ku, Tokio 108-0073
Japan

Als je woonachtig bent buiten de EER, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Zwitserland en Japan, is de onderneming die verantwoordelijk is voor je gegevens:

Tinder, LLC

8750 North Central Expressway

Suite 1400

Dallas, TX 75231

Verenigde Staten

2. Waar dit Privacybeleid op van toepassing is

Dit Privacybeleid is van toepassing op websites, apps, evenementen en andere diensten die wij exploiteren onder het merk Tinder. Of je nu op zoek bent naar je soulmate, deelneemt aan een van onze evenementen of gebruikmaakt van een van onze andere diensten, dit Privacybeleid is op jou van toepassing. Om het makkelijk te houden, verwijzen wij in dit Privacybeleid naar al deze diensten als onze ‘Dienst’.

Indien om welke reden dan ook een van onze diensten een afzonderlijk Privacybeleid vereist, zal dat beleid aan jou beschikbaar worden gesteld en is dat beleid, en niet dit Privacybeleid, van toepassing.

3. Gegevens die we verzamelen

Het spreekt voor zich dat wij je niet kunnen helpen bij het aangaan van betekenisvolle contacten zonder dat je bepaalde informatie over jezelf verstrekt, zoals basisprofielgegevens en de soorten personen die je wilt ontmoeten. Het gebruik van onze dienst genereert tevens bepaalde informatie, zoals wanneer je bent ingelogd en hoe je de dienst hebt gebruikt, evenals inzichten en gevolgtrekkingen die wij genereren op basis van de door jou verstrekte inhoud. Wij verzamelen ook gegevens van derden, bijvoorbeeld wanneer je toegang krijgt tot de dienst via een account dat je hebt op een ander platform (zoals Facebook, Google of Apple) of wanneer je informatie vanuit je account op een ander platform uploadt om je profiel te voltooien. Indien je alle details wilt weten, raadpleeg dan de onderstaande tabel.

Gegevens die je aan ons verstrekt

Categorieën

Beschrijving


Accountgegevens

Wanneer je een account aanmaakt, verstrek je ons basisinformatie die nodig is om je account in te stellen, zoals je telefoonnummer, e-mailadres en geboortedatum.


Profielgegevens

Wanneer je je profiel voltooit, verstrek je aanvullende gegevens over jezelf, zoals je gender, interesses, voorkeuren, geschatte locatie, enzovoort. Een deel van deze gegevens kan in bepaalde landen worden aangemerkt als gevoelig of bijzonder, zoals gegevens over seksuele oriëntatie, seksualiteit, gezondheid of politieke opvattingen. Indien je ervoor kiest deze gegevens te verstrekken, stem je ermee in dat wij deze gebruiken zoals uiteengezet in dit Privacybeleid.


Content

Wanneer je gebruikmaakt van onze dienst, deel  je foto’s, video’s, audio, tekst en andere soorten content, zoals je zoekopdrachten of chats met andere leden.


Aankoopgegevens

Wanneer je een aankoop doet of een terugbetaling aanvraagt, bewaren wij de gegevens van de transactie, zoals wat je hebt gekocht, de datum van de transactie en de prijs. De exacte gegevens zijn afhankelijk van de door jou gekozen betaalmethode. Wanneer je rechtstreeks bij ons betaalt, in plaats van via een platform zoals iOS of Android, verstrek je je betaalpas- of creditcardnummer of andere financiële gegevens.


Marketing-, enquête- en onderzoeksgegevens

Wij organiseren soms (i) enquêtes, focusgroepen of marktonderzoeken voor onderzoeksdoeleinden en (ii) promoties, evenementen of wedstrijden voor marketingdoeleinden. Wanneer je ervoor kiest deel te nemen, verstrek je ons informatie om je deelname te verwerken, evenals je antwoorden op onze vragen en je feedback. 


Gegevens van derden

Wanneer je ervoor kiest informatie met ons te delen over andere personen, bijvoorbeeld als je de contactgegevens van iemand die je kent gebruikt voor een bepaalde functie of wanneer je een vraag of melding indient die betrekking heeft op een lid, verwerken wij deze gegevens namens jou om je verzoek af te handelen. Bekijk hier meer informatie over de functie Gemeenschappelijke vrienden. Bekijk hier meer informatie over hoe Tinder de gegevens van niet-leden verwerkt.


Gegevens van support

Wanneer je contact met ons opneemt, verstrek je informatie die nodig kan zijn om je vraag of verzoek te behandelen. Anderen kunnen ook vragen of meldingen indienen die betrekking hebben op jou. Tot slot kunnen onze moderatietools en -teams aanvullende gegevens verzamelen in het kader van hun onderzoeken.

Daarnaast maken wij deel uit van de Match Group-familie van ondernemingen. Match Group beschouwt de veiligheid en beveiliging van leden als een topprioriteit. Indien je bent verbannen van een andere dienst van Match Group, kunnen jouw gegevens met ons worden gedeeld zodat wij noodzakelijke maatregelen kunnen nemen, waaronder het sluiten van je account of het voorkomen dat je een account aanmaakt op onze dienst. 

Waar dit wettelijk is toegestaan, kunnen wij ook informatie ontvangen van derden over vermoedelijke of bevestigde kwaadwillende personen, in het kader van onze inspanningen om de veiligheid en beveiliging van onze leden te waarborgen.


Socialmediagegevens

Je kiest ervoor gegevens met ons te delen via je accounts op andere platforms (zoals Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Apple of LinkedIn), bijvoorbeeld wanneer je besluit je account via deze platforms aan te maken en in te loggen of wanneer je gegevens, zoals foto’s of afspeellijsten, vanaf deze platforms naar onze dienst uploadt.




Gegevens die automatisch worden gegenereerd of verzameld 

Categorieën

Beschrijving


Gebruiksgegevens

Het gebruik van de Dienst genereert gegevens over je activiteit, waaronder hoe je de Dienst gebruikt (bijvoorbeeld wanneer je bent ingelogd, welke functies je hebt gebruikt, ondernomen acties, aan jou getoonde informatie, verwijzende webpagina’s en advertenties waarmee je interactie hebt gehad) en hoe je met anderen omgaat (bijvoorbeeld zoeken, matchen en communiceren). We ontvangen ook, indien van toepassing, gegevens over interacties die je hebt gehad met onze advertenties op websites of apps van derden.


Technische gegevens

Het gebruik van de Dienst omvat het verzamelen van gegevens van en over het apparaat of de apparaten die je gebruikt om toegang te krijgen tot onze Dienst, waaronder hardware- en software-informatie zoals het IP-adres, apparaat-ID, apparaattype, besturingssystemen en configuraties, netwerkinformatie, bewegings- en sensorgegevens van het apparaat, evenals app-instellingen en -kenmerken, app-crashes, advertentie-ID’s en identificatoren die zijn gekoppeld aan cookies of andere technologieën waarmee een apparaat of browser uniek kan worden geïdentificeerd. Voor meer informatie over cookies, zie ons Cookiebeleid.


Inzichten en afgeleide gegevens

Het gebruik van de Dienst omvat het genereren van inzichten en afgeleide gegevens, gebaseerd op je interacties en de informatie en content die je verstrekt, die bijvoorbeeld je voorkeuren, kenmerken, aanleg, gedrag en houding weerspiegelen.


Andere gegevens die we verzamelen

Categorieën

Beschrijving


Geolocatiegegevens

Als je ons daarvoor toestemming geeft, kunnen wij je geolocatie (breedte- en lengtegraad) van je apparaat verzamelen. Als je geen toestemming geeft, zijn bepaalde functies die afhankelijk zijn van nauwkeurige geolocatie niet voor je beschikbaar.


Gezichtsgegevens

Je kunt ervoor kiezen deel te nemen aan bepaalde functies, zoals Fotoverificatie, Fotocheckof ID + Fotoverificatie, waarbij gezichtsgeometriegegevens worden verzameld, die in sommige rechtsgebieden als biometrische gegevens kunnen worden beschouwd. Bezoek deze links voor meer informatie over hoe wij je gezichtsgeometriegegevens verwerken voor Fotoverificatie, Fotocheck en ID + Fotoverificatie. Als je Tinder gebruikt in een regio waar de Gezichtsscan verplicht is, of als je Tinder via het web gebruikt, kun je hier meer informatie vinden over het Gezichtsscan-proces.


Gegevens over je identiteitsbewijs

Je kunt ons een kopie van je door de overheid uitgegeven identiteitsbewijs verstrekken om ons te helpen controleren of je bent wie je zegt dat je bent.

4. Why and How We Use Your Data

The main reason we process your data is to provide our service to you and improve it over time. That includes connecting you with members who might make your heart skip a beat, personalizing your experience, and just helping you make the most of our service. We also process your data to keep our service, you, and others safe and secure. We take this responsibility very seriously and we’re always working to improve the safety and security of our systems and processes. And yes, we process your data to show relevant ads – you can control this in your settings. Read on for a more detailed explanation.

For information on how we process personal data through “profiling” and “automated decision-making”, please see our FAQ.

Purposes for processing your data

Grounds for processing your data

Categories of data processed

(Those are described in Section 3 of this Policy)

To enable you to use our service, including:


Creating and maintaining your account and profile on our service

Operating and maintaining the various features on our service

Recommending other members to you and recommending you to them

Organizing sweepstakes and contests

Responding to your requests and questions 

Monitoring the well functioning of our service and troubleshooting and fixing issues as needed

Processing your applications to join one of our premiere/VIP services

Performance of our contract with you

Your consent (where sensitive data or other type of data that requires consent is processed)

Account Data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Marketing, Survey and Research Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Social Media Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

Geolocation Data

Face Data

To enable your purchases on our service, including:


Processing payments

Offering discounts and promotions, customizing prices

Performance of our contract with you

Our legitimate interest: it is in our legitimate interest to offer discounts and promotions and customize prices, where and as legally permissible.

Account Data

Profile Data

Technical Data

Purchase Data

Usage Data

Insights and Inferences

To operate advertising and marketing campaigns, including:


Performing and measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns run on our service

Performing and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns promoting our own service on third-party platforms

Communicating with you about products and services we believe may interest you

Consent (where required under applicable law) and otherwise our legitimate interest. It is in our legitimate interest to promote our service and to show ads to our members which are tailored to their interests, as a way to improve their experience and help fund the parts of our service which are free

Account Data

Profile Data

Usage Data

Marketing, Survey and Research Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

To improve our service and create new features and services, including:

Running focus groups, market studies and surveys

Analyzing how our service is used

Reviewing interactions with customer care teams to improve service quality

Developing and improving new features and services, including through machine learning and other technologies, and testing them out

Conducting research and publishing research papers

Performance of our contract with you

Our legitimate interest: It is in our legitimate interest to improve our service over time

Consent where required under applicable law (e.g., we may process data deemed sensitive or special in certain countries to help make sure that the various communities using our service are being treated fairly and equitably and that our service remains diverse and inclusive)

Account Data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Marketing, Survey and Research Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Social Media Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

To keep you and other members safe on our service and across Match Group, including: 


Preventing, detecting and fighting against violations of our Terms fraud and other illegal or unauthorized activities 

Developing and improving tools to prevent, detect and fight against violations of our Terms, fraud and other illegal or unauthorized activities

Preventing recurrences, notably by preventing individuals who violate our Terms from creating a new account

Letting individuals know what we’ve done about reports they submit or potential safety risks we identify

Verifying your identity

Securing payments and fighting against financial fraud



For more information on safety, integrity and security generally, visit our Safety Tips and Community Guidelines .

Performance of our contract with you

Our legitimate interest: It is in our legitimate interest and that of our members to keep them safe

Protection of your vital interests and that of other members

Ensuring your security and the prevention of fraud in the processes of identification and authentication in electronic systems

Compliance with legal obligations that apply to us such as taking down illicit content

Your consent (where sensitive data or other type of data that requires consent is processed)

The processing is necessary for the protection of substantial public interest: it is in the substantial public interest that we prevent, detect and fight against illegal activities on and off our platforms and cooperate with law enforcement authorities on such matters 

Your consent (where sensitive data or another type of data that requires consent is processed)

Account Data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Usage Data

Technical Data 

Face Data

ID Data

Insights and Inferences

To comply with applicable law, establish, exercise and defend legal claims & rights, including:


Preserving data to comply – and evidence compliance – with applicable law

Supporting investigations and defending potential or ongoing litigation, regulatory action or dispute

Responding to lawful requests from law enforcement, courts, regulators, and other third parties

Reporting illegal or infringing content to law enforcement, government or other authorities

Establishing, exercising, or defending ongoing or threatened claims

Sharing data with law enforcement or partners to combat abusive or illegal behavior

Our legitimate interest: It is in our legitimate interest to comply with applicable law and protect ourselves, our members and others, including as part of investigations, legal proceedings and other disputes

Protection of your vital interests and that of other members

Compliance with legal obligations applying to us such as responding to law enforcement requests for information

The categories of data shared will vary based on the specific circumstances surrounding each obligation, compelling interest or dispute 

5. How We Share Data

Since our goal is to help you make meaningful connections, some of your information is of course visible to other members on the service. We also share data with service providers and partners who assist us in operating the service, with other Match Group companies for the reasons laid out below and, in some cases, for legal and related reasons. Read on for more details. 

Recipients

Reasons for sharing

Categories of Personal Data

Other members


You share data with other members when you voluntarily disclose information on the service for others to see (e.g., your public profile). This means your data will be visible to other users in the app, and may be shared when relevant and appropriate in other Tinder communications, such as sharing a profile snapshot in email or other notifications to potential matches. 


If someone submits a report involving you (such as a claim you violated our Terms of Use), we may let the reporter know what actions we took, if any, as a result of their report. The same applies if you submit a report involving another member.


If another member requests a copy of their personal data, they may receive the messages you sent them.

Profile Data

Content

Social Media Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Usage Data

Insights and Inferences

Service providers/partners

We share data with vendors and partners who help us operate, promote and improve our service. They provide us services such as data hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment and refund processing, legal support, and security operations.


Specifically, we may use Facebook tools, such as Facebook Login, Pixel, Social plugins, and Facebook SDK for App Events. When using these tools we are considered “Joint Data Controllers” with Meta Ireland. To learn more about how Facebook processes your data and allows you to exercise your rights, check out Meta Ireland’s Privacy Policy.


Where permitted by applicable law, we may also share data with partners (such as companies facing similar threats), and they may share data with us, when necessary to promote the safety, security, and integrity of our service, our Members, our employees, and others. 


Depending on the service provided by the vendor or partner, it may include: 

Account Data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Marketing, Survey and Research Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Social Media Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

Geolocation Data

Face Geometry Data

ID Data

Advertising Partners

We publish ads about third-party advertisers’ products and services on our service, and publish ads promoting our own service on third-party sites and apps. To help improve the relevance of these ads, we provide certain info about you to third parties, including advertising partners, or allow them to collect such data from our services (such as via cookies, SDKs, or similar technologies). Some of our advertising partners enable us to transform your email address, advertising identifiers or phone number into an identifier that can’t be used to identify you personally and then use that unique identifier to either exclude you from our marketing campaigns, or to target our ads at an audience that is similar to you in terms of background, interests or app usage. 

Account Data

Profile Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

Affiliates

We share data with affiliates or receive data from them for the purposes laid out in Section 6 of this policy.

The categories of data will vary based on the reason for sharing, but it may include:.


Account Data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Marketing, Survey and Research Data

Third Party Data

Customer Support Data

Social Media Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Insights and Inferences

Geolocation Data

Face Data

ID Data 

Law enforcement authorities

We may disclose your data to: (i) comply with a legal process, such as a court order, subpoena or search warrant, government / law enforcement investigation or other legal requirements; (ii) assist in the prevention or detection of crime; (iii) protect the safety of any person; and (iv) establish, exercise or defend legal claims.


The categories of data shared will vary depending on the specific circumstances surrounding the request, but it often can include:

Account data

Profile Data

Content

Purchase Data

Customer Support Data

Third Party Data

Social Media Data

Usage Data

Technical Data

Geolocation Data

ID Data 

In the context of merger and acquisition, with our Affiliates or new owner(s)

We may transfer your data if we are involved, whether in whole or in part, in a merger, sale, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy or other change of ownership or control.

The categories of data shared will vary based on the type of corporate transaction. It may include the entire organization data or only a specific subset such as Purchase Data.

When the profile sharing functionality is used

You may choose to share other members’ profiles and they may share yours with people outside of our service, using the sharing functionality.


When using the Share My Date feature, you may choose to share your matches’ profile information and details of upcoming dates with other Tinder members and with third parties outside of the platform. They may do the same with your details.

Profile Data

Content

6. How Match Group Companies Work Together


Tinder is part of the Match Group family of businesses.

We share data about you with our Affiliates and they share data about you with us, for the reasons laid out below:

  • To make all Match Group platforms safer, for instance by searching for and identifying bad actors and how they operate across Match Group platforms, as well as making sure that when a bad actor is found on one Match Group platform (for instance ours), they can be banned from all.

  • To assist each other, as service providers, in data processing operations, such as data hosting and maintenance, customer care, marketing and targeted advertising, analytics, finance and accounting, legal support, payment processing, service improvement, data security and fighting against spam, abuse, fraud and other wrongdoings.

  • To suggest to you relevant and meaningful connections, by developing or improving Match Group Brands’ core recommendation systems.

  • To improve your chances at building significant connections with others, we may make you visible on other Match Group services or allow you to benefit from cross-platform functionalities.  

  • Where and as allowed under applicable law, to better understand how people use Match Group services overall, to personalize your experience across Match Group services and to enhance marketing and advertising campaigns.

  • For other legitimate business purposes including corporate / consolidated audit, analysis and reporting.

Learn more about how Match Group companies work together.

7. Cross-Border Data Transfers

Because we operate a global service, the sharing of your data laid out in Section 5 involves cross-border data transfers to our Affiliates and service providers (other third parties) in third countries that have different privacy laws.. When we transfer personal data to a third country, we use appropriate mechanisms. For example, we rely on: 

  • Adequacy decisions issued by the European Commission or other competent authorities under applicable laws. We transfer personal data to our Affiliates to perform important functions, as outlined in Section 6, by storing, accessing or otherwise processing data and to third- parties in countries with adequacy decisions for the purposes outlined in Section 5.

  • Standard contractual clauses issued by the European Commission or similar contractual data transfer mechanisms approved by other competent authorities under applicable laws. These contractual data transfer mechanisms are commitments between companies transferring personal data, binding them to protect the confidentiality and security of your data and ensuring adequate level of protection in third countries. We rely on such mechanisms to transfer personal data to our Affiliates to perform important functions, as outlined in Section 6, by storing, accessing or otherwise processing data, and to third parties for the purposes outlined in Section 5 in countries without adequacy decisions, such as the United States of America. Contact us for a copy.

8. Your Rights

We want you to be in control of your data, so we want to remind you of the following rights, options and tools available to you. Depending on where you live, these rights may not apply to you or they may be named differently. If you have any questions on your rights and how to exercise them, please contact us here.

Your Rights

How to exercise it

Access, Portability or To Know

Right to be informed of the personal data we process about you and/or ask for a copy of it


You can access and review some data directly by logging into your account. You can also retrieve a copy of your data by following the process explained here.

Rectification or Correction 

Right to amend or update your personal data where it’s inaccurate or incomplete

You can update your data directly within the service by simply updating your profile. If you wish to rectify other data, please contact us here.

Deletion or Erasure

Right to delete personal data

You can delete some of the data you provided us directly within the service. You can also close your account as explained here and we’ll delete your data as laid out in this Privacy Policy. In any event, you can always contact us here.

Objection (Opt-out) or Restriction

Right to object to us processing personal data or to request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing personal data

You can directly opt-out from certain of your personal data processing in your account settings. Otherwise you can contact us here should you wish to object to or restrict a data processing we’ve listed throughout this Privacy Policy.

Consent Withdrawal
Right to withdraw a consent you’ve given us to process your personal data for a specific purpose

You can directly withdraw consent you’ve given us either by updating your account setting or removing Device Permissions you’ve agreed to in your device settings (e.g., access to specific types of device data such as phone contacts, pictures, advertising identifiers and location services or consent to receive push notifications). When you withdraw consent, certain services may lose functionality. You can always contact us here for more information.

Opt-out of Targeted Advertising, “Sales” and “Sharing”


If you live in the United States, you may opt out of activities that may fall under the legal definitions of “targeted advertising,” “sales,” or “sharing” under applicable laws, if we use your data for such purposes.



If we “sell” or “share” your data or use it for “targeted advertising,” we will provide an opt out in the “Your Privacy Choices” link in the footer of our website and in the Settings menu of the app. Adjust the “Sale or Sharing of Personal Information” toggle accordingly to opt out. Where applicable, Authorized agents may submit opt-out requests on behalf of consumers here.

For your protection and the protection of all of our members, we may ask you for information to verify your identiy or authority to act on behalf of a member before we can answer the above requests. We wouldn’t want someone else to get in control of your data! 

Keep in mind, we can reject requests, including if we are unable to authenticate you, if the request is unlawful or invalid, or if it could infringe on trade secrets or intellectual property or the privacy or other rights of someone else. If you wish to receive information relating to another member, the other member will have to make a request themselves.

If you are located in Brazil, please contact us via email: dpobrazil@gotinder.com 

If you are a resident of Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island, Maryland, Tennessee, Minnesota  Delaware, Iowa, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Texas, Oregon, Montana, Virginia, Colorado, or Connecticut, USA, if we deny your privacy request, you can appeal by contacting us, and explicitly referencing “Privacy Request Appeal.” If you have concerns about the result of your appeal, you may contact the attorney general for your state.

In certain countries, including in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, you have a right to a judicial remedy and to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority if you have concerns about how we process your personal data. You can find information about your data protection regulator in the European Economic Area here, and in the United Kingdom here. The data protection authority you can lodge a complaint with can be that of your habitual residence, where you work or where an alleged infringement took place.

9. How Long We Retain Your Data

We want the connections you make through our service to last forever, but we keep your personal data only as long as necessary for legitimate business reasons (as laid out in Section 4) and as permitted by applicable law. 

If you decide to stop using our service, you can close your account and your profile will no longer be visible to other members in the app. If you create a new account using the same credentials within 90 days, we will restore some data to help you get started faster. Note that we will close your account automatically if you are inactive for two years. 

Following account closure, we delete your data as laid out below: 

  • To protect the safety and security of our members, we implement a safety retention window of three months following account closure or one year following an account ban. During this period, we keep your data to investigate unlawful or harmful conduct. The retention of data during this safety retention window is based on our legitimate interest as well as that of potential third-party victims. 

  • We maintain limited data to comply with legal data retention obligations: in particular, we keep transaction data for 10 years to comply with tax and accounting legal requirements, credit card information for the duration the user can challenge the transaction, and “traffic data” / logs for one year to comply with legal data retention obligations. We also keep records of consents members give us for five years to comply and evidence our compliance with applicable law.

  • We maintain limited data on the basis of our legitimate interest: we keep customer care exchanges with you for 6 years from the date of the communication; customer care records and supporting data, as well as imprecise location of download/purchase, for five years in support of our safety efforts, to support our customer care decisions, enforce our rights and enable us to defend ourselves in the event of a claim; information on the existence of past accounts and subscriptions for three years after the closure of your last account to ensure proper and accurate financial forecasting and reporting; profile data for one year in anticipation of potential litigation, for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; and data necessary to prevent members who were banned from opening a new account for as long as necessary to ensure the safety and vital interests of our members.

  • Face Data is deleted within 30 days, unless continued retention is necessary to comply with an applicable legal obligation or to ensure the safety and security of our service and members, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can learn more about how Tinder processes and retains Face Data in the notice applicable to each feature, linked in Section 3 above.

  • Finally, we maintain data on the basis of our legitimate interest where there is an outstanding or potential issue, claim or dispute requiring us to keep data, in particular if we receive a valid legal subpoena or request asking us to preserve data (in which case we would need to keep the data to comply with our legal obligations) or if data would otherwise be necessary as part of legal proceedings.

Where appropriate and as legally permitted, we may maintain and use data that, by itself, cannot identify or be attributed specifically to you for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to improve our service and create new features, technologies and services, including through machine learning, and keep Match Group services safe. 

Note: If your account is suspended, your profile is not visible on Tinder, but we continue to retain your data as your account will be reinstated at the end of the suspension period. At that time, you can resume using Tinder or delete your account if you wish. You may also contact us to request deletion of your account and data before the suspension period ends. Once your account is closed, including if you don’t log in for 2 years following the suspension period, your data is deleted as described above.

10. Privacy van kinderen

Onze dienst is beperkt tot personen die 18 jaar of ouder zijn. Personen jonger dan 18 jaar zijn niet toegestaan op ons platform. Als je vermoedt dat een gebruiker jonger is dan 18 jaar, maak dan gebruik van de rapportagefunctie van de dienst. Je kunt hier meer te weten komen over de werkmethoden van Tinder op het gebied van leeftijdsverificatie.

11. Wijzigingen aan het Privacybeleid

Dit beleid kan in de loop van de tijd worden gewijzigd. We zijn voortdurend op zoek naar nieuwe en innovatieve manieren om je te helpen betekenisvolle connecties op te bouwen en streven ernaar dat uitleg over onze gegevenspraktijken altijd actueel blijft. Wij brengen je op de hoogte voordat belangrijke wijzigingen van kracht worden, zodat je de tijd hebt om de wijzigingen te bekijken.

12. Hoe je contact met ons kunt opnemen

Als je vragen hebt over dit Privacybeleid of een klacht wilt indienen, heb je hieronder verschillende mogelijkheden:

Als je in de Europese Economische Ruimte woont:

Online: hier

Per post:

Data Protection Officer
MTCH Technology Services Limited
Tinder
1 Hatch Street Upper 
Dublin 2 
Dublin 
D02 PY28
Ierland

Als je in het Verenigd Koninkrijk woont:

Online: hier

rep_tinder@prighter.com 

Per post:

GDPR-vertegenwoordiger in het VK: Prighter Group
20 Mortlake Mortlake High Street,
London, SW14 8JN,
Verenigd Koninkrijk

Het certificaat van vertegenwoordiging in het VK en de gegevens van de vertegenwoordiger vind je hier

Als je in Zwitserland woont:

Online: hier

rep_tinder@prighter.com 

Per post:

Prighter Group GmbH
Obergrundstrasse 17,
6002 Luzern,
Zwitserland

Meer informatie over de Swiss Representation Certificate en de gegevens van de vertegenwoordiger vind je hier. 

Klik hier voor meer informatie over hoe je contact op kunt nemen met de Data Protection Officer. 

Als je in Japan woont:

Online: hier

Per post:

Data Protection Officer
MG Japan Services GK
c/o Tinder, LLC
8750 North Central Expressway
Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231
Verenigde Staten

Als je woonachtig bent in Brazilië:

Verwerkingsverantwoordelijke: GEP Soluções em Compliance

Verantwoordelijke: Maurício José Ribeiro Rotta

Stuur een e-mail naar: dpobrazil@gotinder.com 

Als je woonachtig bent in Canada:

Online: hier 

Bekijk hier de FAQ voor informatie over hoe je contact opneemt met de Data Protection Officer van Tinder.

Per post:

Data Protection Officer
Tinder, LLC
8750 North Central Expressway
Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231
Verenigde Staten

Als je woonachtig bent buiten de Europese Economische Ruimte, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Zwitserland, Canada, Japan en Brazilië:

Online: hier

Per post:

Data Protection Officer
Tinder, LLC
8750 North Central Expressway
Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231
Verenigde Staten

Zo, dat was het. Je hebt het einde van ons Privacybeleid bereikt. We hopen dat het net zo boeiend en duidelijk was als wij hebben geprobeerd te maken. Ga nu lekker de deur uit en vind echte betekenisvolle connecties. We zijn enthousiast om deze reis samen met jou te maken.