Hinge collects profile, message, activity, and device data

The policy lists phone, email, and birth date for account setup, plus profile details, chats, usage activity, and device identifiers.

Some data remains after account closure for safety and other reasons

Closing your account hides your profile from other members, but Hinge keeps data for safety investigations for three months after closure or up to two years after a ban.

Hinge may share data with ad partners to tailor advertising

Hinge may provide information to advertising partners or let them collect it to tailor ads; U.S. users can opt out using the stated privacy setting.

Hinge may share data across Match Group services

Hinge shares data with Match Group affiliates for several purposes and may make you visible on other Match Group services or offer cross-platform features.

Cross-service visibility and features are described as possibilities, not as automatic for every account.

Hinge may use messages and other content to improve its services

The terms allow Hinge to access, store, and use your content, including messages, to monitor, develop, personalize, and improve its services.

The terms give Hinge a broad, perpetual license to your content

You keep ownership, but the terms grant Hinge a worldwide, perpetual license to use, publish, distribute, and make your content available to the public.

Hinge can end access based on conduct it deems inappropriate

The terms let Hinge suspend, terminate, or ban your account without a refund if it believes you violated the terms or behaved inappropriately or unlawfully.

This applies if Hinge believes you violated the terms, misused the service, or behaved in a way it regards as inappropriate or unlawful.

The terms seek individual arbitration for most disputes

The terms seek to waive jury trials and class proceedings for most disputes in favor of individual arbitration, subject to stated exceptions.

The terms provide exceptions, including small-claims cases, claims covered by the federal sexual-assault and sexual-harassment arbitration law, and jurisdictions where these provisions are prohibited.

Hinge says it does not routinely screen users before you meet

Hinge says it does not conduct background or identity checks on users, though it reserves the right to conduct screenings at any time.

If you subscribe, charges continue until you cancel

An automatically renewing subscription charges again until canceled; where you cancel depends on whether you bought through Hinge or an external service.

This applies only if you purchase an automatically renewing subscription.

Deleting an account can forfeit remaining subscription benefits

If you delete your account while an internally purchased subscription is active, it ends immediately and you lose the benefits remaining in that paid period.

The stated loss applies to an automatically renewing subscription purchased directly from Hinge, not an external-service purchase.

If you buy Virtual Items, unused value can be lost

Virtual Items are nonrefundable, can be changed or eliminated, and unused items receive no compensation if your account closes or is terminated.

This applies only if you choose to purchase Virtual Items, such as a Rose or Boost.

If you subscribe, refunds for unused time are generally unavailable

The terms generally deny refunds or credits for partially used or unused subscription periods, subject to applicable legal and jurisdiction-specific exceptions.

This applies if you purchase a subscription; applicable law and the listed jurisdiction-specific terms may provide exceptions.