Hinge

Hinge collects extensive profile, sensitive category, geolocation, and biometric face data, including for Selfie Verification, with limited opt-out for core features.

From: PRIVACY POLICYYou may choose to participate in certain of our features, like Selfie Verification, that involve the collection of face geometry data, which may be considered biometric data in some jurisdictions.

Data is shared with advertising partners for ad targeting and cross-platform sharing among Match Group affiliates, with the policy acknowledging this may constitute 'sharing' or 'selling' under some US laws.

From: PRIVACY POLICYIf you live in the United States, some of the activities described in this section may constitute "targeted advertising," "sharing," or "selling" under applicable laws. You have the right to opt-out, as described in Section 8.

Hinge takes a broad, perpetual, transferable license to user content and claims an exclusive license over derivative works such as screenshots that include user content.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEyou grant to Hinge 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...Hinge's license to Your Content shall be non-exclusive, except that Hinge's license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of our Services.

Hinge may suspend, terminate, or ban accounts without prior notice and without refund, at its sole discretion, and need not disclose the reason if it could impair others' safety.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEHinge also reserves the right to review and, if appropriate, suspend, terminate, or ban your account without a refund if Hinge believes that you have violated these Terms, misused our Services, or behaved in a way that Hinge regards as inappropriate or unlawful, on or off our Services, in our sole discretion...without the obligation to give you prior notice

Mandatory binding individual arbitration via NAM with a class-action and jury-trial waiver applies, but a small claims court carveout exists and a retroactive-claims opt-out window is offered, along with informal dispute resolution and a claim limitation tolling provision.

From: TERMS OF SERVICETO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, YOU AND HINGE EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND THE RIGHT TO LITIGATE DISPUTES IN COURT IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION...YOU AND HINGE EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO FILE OR PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER

Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled, purchases are generally non-refundable, Virtual Items are final and non-refundable even upon involuntary account closure such as a ban, and deleting an account forfeits remaining subscription benefits.

From: TERMS OF SERVICEALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HINGE IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REFUND FOR VIRTUAL ITEMS FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR ANY UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY (SUCH AS THROUGH AN ACCOUNT BAN).