Hinge

Hinge (Match Group) collects intimate personal data and shares it across affiliated apps. It claims broad content rights and auto-renews paid plans with arbitration clauses.

🚨 Key things to watch out for

The clauses that could affect you the most. Read these even if you skip everything else.

You give up your right to sue in court, have a jury trial, or join a class action — almost all disputes go to individual arbitration in Texas.

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You grant Hinge a perpetual, transferable, sub-licensable license to use, modify, publish and advertise your content (including photos) forever.

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1Introduction3 clauses

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Mandatory binding arbitration

⚖️Forced arbitration

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💬 You give up your right to sue Hinge in court or have a jury trial for almost all disputes. Instead you must use private arbitration, which offers less discovery and appeal rights.

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“SECTION 15 REQUIRES WITH LIMITED EXCEPTIONS, THAT ALL DISPUTES BETWEEN YOU AND HINGE SHALL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING AND FINAL ARBITRATION, INCLUDING DISPUTES RELATED TO ARBITRABILITY.”

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Terms can change with continued-use consent

📝Can change terms anytime

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💬 Hinge can change the terms at any time. If you keep using the app after a change, you are considered to have agreed — it's your responsibility to check for updates.

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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.”

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Mandatory features may force account loss

📝Can change terms anytime

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💬 Hinge can add features you must use. If you refuse to use them, you could lose or have to close your account.

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“We reserve the right to introduce mandatory features to our Services at any time... 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”

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Content used to train automated systems

🤖AI training on your data

3-A

💬 Hinge can read and analyze your messages and content, including using them to train machine learning and automated systems.

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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.”

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Content can be removed at sole discretion

⛔Account termination

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💬 Hinge can delete or edit anything you post at any time for any reason, and has no obligation to review or display your content.

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“you understand and agree that we have the right to remove, delete, edit, limit, or block or prevent access to any of Your Content at any time at our sole discretion.”

7Rights You Grant Hinge3 clauses

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Perpetual, transferable content license

📄Claims your content

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💬 You give Hinge a forever, worldwide, free license to use, modify, publish, and even sell/transfer your content (photos, text) — including using it in advertising, in any format now or in the future.

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“you 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”

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Exclusive license over derivative works

📄Claims your content

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💬 Any derivative works (like screenshots) created through the service belong exclusively to Hinge, not you.

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“Hinge's license shall be exclusive with respect to derivative works created through use of our Services. For example, Hinge would have an exclusive license to screenshots of our Services that include Your Content.”

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Broad disclosure of account info

📥Data collection

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💬 Hinge can share your account info and content with authorities or third parties based on a good-faith belief it's necessary for legal, safety, or fraud reasons.

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“You agree that Hinge 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”

8Purchases and Auto-Renewing Subscriptions6 clauses

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Automatic subscription renewal

🔄Auto-renews

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💬 Subscriptions renew automatically and you keep getting charged until you actively cancel. You must cancel through the store you subscribed with (e.g. Apple/Google).

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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”

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Deleting account forfeits paid benefits

⛔Account termination

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💬 If you delete your account, you lose any remaining subscription time you already paid for — no refund and no way to reaccess it.

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“if you terminate your Hinge membership by deleting your Hinge account as set forth in Section 9, and you have an Internal Purchase that includes an automatically renewing subscription, your subscription will be canceled immediately when you delete your Hinge account and you will permanently lose access to any remaining subscription benefits”

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Personalized/variable pricing

📌Other

8-C

💬 Hinge charges different prices to different people based on your region, activity and history — you may pay more than others for the same thing.

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“We frequently offer promotional rates - which can vary based on region, length of subscription, bundle size, past purchases, account activity, and more.”

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Chargeback triggers termination

⛔Account termination

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💬 If you dispute a charge with your bank/card, Hinge can immediately shut down your account.

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“If you initiate a chargeback or otherwise reverse a payment made with your External Service Account, Hinge may terminate your account immediately in its sole discretion”

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Virtual Items non-refundable

📌Other

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💬 Roses, Boosts and other virtual items are never refundable. If your account is banned or closed, you lose any unused items with no compensation.

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“ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE THROUGH OUR SERVICES ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE... 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”

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Installment balance remains due after cancel

📌Other

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💬 If you pay by installments and cancel early, you still owe the full remaining balance.

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“If you cancel your subscription prior to completing all payments due, unless otherwise required by applicable law, the remaining balance of the subscription will remain due and payable pursuant to the installment payment schedule you agreed to.”

9Account Termination2 clauses

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Termination without refund or notice

⛔Account termination

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💬 Hinge can ban you at its sole discretion — even for behavior off the app — with no refund and often without telling you why.

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“Hinge 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.”

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No explanation of ban reason

⛔Account termination

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💬 Hinge may refuse to tell you why your account was terminated.

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“You understand and agree that Hinge may not share information with you regarding your account termination if doing so would potentially impair the safety or privacy of other users.”

10No Background Checks2 clauses

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No identity or background checks

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 Hinge does not verify who other users really are or check their criminal history. You are solely responsible for your own safety when meeting people.

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“YOU UNDERSTAND THAT HINGE DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND OR IDENTITY VERIFICATION CHECKS ON ITS USERS OR OTHERWISE INQUIRE INTO THE BACKGROUND OF ITS USERS.”

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Consumer report authorization

📥Data collection

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💬 By agreeing, you allow Hinge to run background checks and pull a consumer report on you if it chooses.

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“IF THE COMPANY DECIDES TO CONDUCT ANY SCREENING THROUGH A CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY, YOU HEREBY AUTHORIZE THE COMPANY TO OBTAIN AND USE A CONSUMER REPORT ABOUT YOU TO DETERMINE YOUR ELIGIBILITY UNDER THESE TERMS.”

11Disclaimer1 clause

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Services provided 'as is'

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 Hinge makes no promises the service will work, be secure, or be error-free. Standard but broad disclaimer of all warranties.

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“HINGE 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”

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Liability capped at amount paid

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 No matter what harm you suffer, the most Hinge will ever pay is what you paid them in the last 24 months — which could be zero for free users.

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“IN NO EVENT WILL HINGE'S AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICES EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID, IF ANY, BY YOU TO HINGE FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTH PERIOD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE THAT YOU FIRST FILE A LAWSUIT”

15Dispute Resolution4 clauses

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Class action and jury trial waiver

🚫No class action

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💬 You cannot join or start a class action lawsuit against Hinge, and you waive your right to a jury trial. You can only pursue claims individually.

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“YOU AND HINGE 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 HINGE.”

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Retroactive application of arbitration

⚖️Forced arbitration

15-B

💬 The arbitration rules apply even to disputes from before you agreed. You can opt out of the retroactive part only by emailing OptOut@hinge.co within 30 days.

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“This Dispute Resolution Section 15 applies to all Disputes between the Parties, including for any claims that accrued against you or Hinge prior to the time of your consent to this Agreement”

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Mandatory informal process before claims

⚖️Forced arbitration

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💬 Before arbitration or small claims, you must send a signed detailed notice and negotiate for 60 days — a required hurdle before pursuing any claim.

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“Completion of this informal dispute resolution is a condition precedent to filing any demand for arbitration or small claims court action”

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Loser-pays after settlement offer

⚖️Forced arbitration

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💬 If you reject Hinge's settlement offer and then win less (or lose), you may have to pay Hinge's legal costs and attorney fees.

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“If the award is issued in the opposing Party's favor and is less than the Respondent's settlement offer or if the award is in the Respondent's favor, the opposing Party must pay the Respondent's costs incurred after the offer was made, including any attorney's fees.”

16Governing Law1 clause

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Texas law and forced venue

📍Jurisdiction

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💬 Any court case must happen in Dallas, Texas under Texas law, no matter where you live — potentially expensive and inconvenient for most users.

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“any claims arising out of or relating to this Agreement... will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Dallas County, Texas, U.S.A. You and Hinge consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of courts in the State of Texas and waive any claim that such courts constitute an inconvenient forum.”

18Indemnity1 clause

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Broad user indemnification

🛡️Limits their liability

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💬 If someone sues Hinge because of something you did or posted, you have to cover Hinge's legal costs and damages.

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“You agree, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Hinge, our affiliates... 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”

4Reporting and Affiliate Bans1 clause

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Cross-affiliate data sharing and bans

🔗Shares with third parties

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💬 Hinge shares your data with sister dating apps (Tinder, OkCupid, Match, etc.) and a ban on Hinge can get you banned across all of them.

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“we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services (such as Tinder, OkCupid, Match, Meetic, BLK, LoveScout24, OurTime, and Pairs”

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