Bumble
- The documents do not say whether your data trains AI.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- Data is shared with partners and affiliates; you can opt out.
- Staff may review your content; the policy does not describe an opt-out.
Bumble takes a broad license, ads partners, facial scans, and can close you without notice.
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Collected
Account details, photos, sexuality, precise location, device IDs, contacts, and face scans.
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Privacy policy
“Name; Username; Email address; Mobile number; Gender identity; Sexuality; Date of birth; Photographs; Location; and Login information for social media accounts”
Training
They match you, run ads, verify your face, and send some profile data to OpenAI.
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Privacy policy
“To serve promo cards and advertisements on the App Location, gender, age, and information that you have optionally provided us with via your profile”
Sharing
Other users, moderators, payment firms, OpenAI, and ad partners like Facebook can see data.
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Privacy policy
“Moderators – To monitor activity on the App and approve content. Name and user registration details, profile information, content of messages and photographs”
Kept
After you delete, they wait 28 days then start wiping; some records last years.
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Privacy policy
“For up to 28 days, it is still possible to restore your Account if it was accidentally deleted. After 28 days, we begin the process of deleting your personal information from our systems”
Controls
You can edit most profile fields, turn off location, opt out of marketing, and .
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Privacy policy
“Once you register, you will be able to review and change this information at any time just by logging in to Bumble For Friends”
Fine print
Auto-renewing paid plans, and they can close you anytime.
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Delete your account
App Settings (gear icon) → Delete account
Turn off location access
iPhone: Settings → Privacy → Location Services → Bumble; Android: Settings → Location → Bumble permissions
Cancel auto-renewing subscription
If bought in-app: Apple or Google Play subscription settings; if bought from Bumble: payment settings under your profile
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
They get a forever license to reuse, edit, and anything you post.
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Terms of service
“automatically grant us a non-exclusive, , , worldwide license to use Your Content in any way (including, without limitation, editing, copying, modifying, adapting, translating, reformatting, creating derivative works from”
For example, they could reuse your photos in ads even after you leave.
They can shut your account with no warning, including for off-app behavior they dislike.
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Terms of service
“we expressly reserve the right to terminate or suspend your Account without notice (1) for violating these Terms, (2) due to your conduct on the App, or your conduct with other users of the App”
For example, they could ban you after a reported date and keep your subscription money.
If someone sues them over what you posted or did, you may have to pay their legal bills.
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Terms of service
“you agree to , defend, release, and hold us, and our partners, licensors, affiliates, contractors, officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents, harmless, from and against any third party claims”
For example, if a photo you uploaded sparks a lawsuit, they can ask you to cover their lawyers.
They can scan your face and keep those scans for years.
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Privacy policy
“The scan may include the use of facial recognition technology so that we can compare the photo you submit to your profile photo, to help ensure that you are who you say you are.”
For example, a selfie you send to get a verified badge can be stored up to three years.
Staff can read your profile and chats when checking for rule breaks.
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Privacy policy
“We use a combination of automated systems and a team of moderators to monitor and review accounts (including photos and any other information uploaded onto user profiles) and messages”
For example, a private message you send a match can be read by a moderator.
They send device IDs, age, gender, and hashed email to ad companies.
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Privacy policy
“We partner with providers of marketing services (such as Facebook for example) (‘Marketing Services Providers’) to help us market and advertise our App”
For example, Facebook can use a hashed email to put you in a Bumble ad audience.
Paid plans auto-renew and you usually cannot get money back for unused time.
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Terms of service
“Generally, all charges for purchases are nonrefundable, and there are no refunds or credits for partially used periods.”
For example, if you cancel mid-month you still pay for the rest of that period.
Some of your public profile is sent to OpenAI to write icebreaker messages.
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Privacy policy
“OpenAI Ireland Limited receives data to start a conversation between new connections via an icebreaker feature. It receives life and interest badges members selected for their public profile, age, gender, name, and city”
For example, your city and interest badges can go to OpenAI when you match.
Support and complaint files can stay six years after you delete the account.
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“We will keep records of our communications with you, including any complaints that we receive from you about other Users (and from other Users about you) for 6 years after deletion of your account.”
For example, a report you filed about a user can sit in their files until 2032.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- human review
- Company staff or contractors may read your messages or content, usually to check for rule breaking. For example, a flagged private chat with an AI can be read by a person at the company.
- personal data
- Any information that is about you or can be linked to you, from your name to your phone's ID. For example, your email, your IP address and the list of apps on your phone are all personal data.
- worldwide license
- You let the company use your content anywhere on earth, usually for free and for as long as it likes. For example, a video you post can be shown in ads in any country without asking you again.
- royalty-free
- The company can use your content without ever paying you for it. For example, your photo can appear in the app's ads and you get nothing.
- perpetual
- Lasting forever, with no end date. For example, a perpetual licence means the company can keep using your video years after you leave.
- indemnify
- You promise to pay the company's legal costs and losses if your use of the service gets it sued. For example, if you post a song you do not own and the label sues the app, you owe the app's lawyer bills.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
- service providers
- Outside companies that handle your data on the app's instructions, such as a cloud host or an email sender. For example, the company that stores the app's files in the cloud sees your data but only does what the app tells it.
- third parties
- Any company or person other than you and the app, such as advertisers, partners or analytics firms. For example, an analytics company that receives a record of every screen you tap is a third party.
- biometric
- Measurements of your body that identify you, like your face, fingerprint or voice. For example, a selfie used to unlock the app or a voice recording matched to you.
How we got here · grade F · score 28/100 · 15 of 15 policy answers backed by a verified quote · 1 not stated
What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account data plus precise location, contacts if allowed, device IDs, sexuality, photos, and browsing-style activity.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Photo verification can use facial recognition, and they keep those scans up to three years after last use.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
Not stated in the documents.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Moderators and automated systems review profiles, photos, and messages for rule breaks, with no opt-out described.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
They share device IDs, age, gender, IP location, and hashed emails with marketing partners including Facebook.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They share with service providers, OpenAI, other Bumble apps, and ad partners; some ad sharing uses cookie or privacy settings.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
You grant a perpetual worldwide license they can sublicense to affiliates, covering editing and advertising your posts.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete in Settings; wipe starts after 28 days, but complaints can last 6 years and face scans up to 3 years.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They build a profile and matching inferences from your data, with no described memory on/off switch.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They mention firewalls and secured servers but no independent audit or bug-bounty program.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be 18. They say they monitor underage use and may ask you to verify, but signup is mainly self-declared.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
Policies are dated. Material privacy changes get email or in-app notice; terms say continued use means you accept.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
Outside the EU they can close you anytime without notice, and paid features are not refunded.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
The app is as-is, liability is capped at $100, and you must indemnify them for claims tied to your use.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Subscriptions auto-renew at then-current prices. Charges are generally non-refundable except limited state or early-cancel rules.
The privacy policy is 7,812 words at a college graduate level (Flesch reading ease 36.4); the terms are 14,042 words at a college graduate level.
