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Source-backed from Grindr Privacy Policy

This report covers the Grindr Privacy Policy. It also draws on the separate Washington and Nevada Consumer Health Data Privacy Policies, read on their own page, which the policy links (captured October 21, 2026). Those policies cover the consumer health data of Washington or Nevada residents and of individuals whose consumer health data is collected in Washington or Nevada; what they say applies only to those people. It does not cover the employee, contractor, vendor and applicant policy or the South Korean privacy rights notice listed on the same page, or the other pages the policy links to; these were not reviewed for this report.

101
reviewed findings
15
key findings
3
free to read here
20
verified controls

8 of them depend on where you live.

Privacy Snapshot

What the published policy covers, and how much we found under each. Tap one to read it.

  • Location 4 findings
  • Camera & Photos 3 findings
  • Microphone & Audio 2 findings
  • Messages 6 findings
  • Biometrics 2 findings
  • Sensitive Data 4 findings
  • Tracking 7 findings
  • Advertising & Profiling 14 findings
  • Sharing 11 findings
  • Controls & Permissions 40 findings
  • Other 8 findings

3 findings, in full

The first 3 of this report’s 15 key findings, complete — claim, reasoning, and the policy’s own wording.

Biometrics No direct setting In certain jurisdictions, Grindr may require a video selfie to confirm you are 18

What this means

Grindr says that in certain jurisdictions it may require you to provide a video selfie, or a video selfie paired with a photo ID, to confirm you are 18 or older.

In certain jurisdictions, Grindr may require you to provide a video selfie, or a video selfie paired with a photo ID, to confirm you are 18 or older.

Why this matters

Depending on where you are, proving your age may mean handing over a recording of your face, and possibly your ID.

What the policy says

In certain jurisdictions, we may require you to provide a video selfie or pair a video selfie with an official photo ID to confirm you are 18 years of age or older. This will involve processing your

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Grindr documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Where your jurisdiction's law provides, you may request that Grindr delete the personal information it has collected from or about you.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

Camera & Photos No direct setting Grindr and its partners scan the videos, images and audio you upload

What this means

Grindr says it and companies it works with scan, analyze and collect information from the videos, images and audio you upload, used for purposes including recommendations.

Grindr and companies it works with scan, analyze and collect information from the videos, images and audio you upload, used for purposes including recommendations.

Why this matters

What you upload is analyzed by Grindr and outside companies, not just stored and shown.

What the policy says

We and our partners also scan, analyze, and collect information from the videos, images, audio, messages, and other content and metadata that you upload, such as content characteristics and attributes, used for purposes of recommendations, to provide the Services, and other operations that do not

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What you can do

No setting found that directly changes this practice.

In the Grindr documents we searched for this finding, we did not verify a setting that changes this specific practice.

A broader option is available

Where your jurisdiction's law provides, you may object to Grindr processing your personal information, including for relevant AI-related processing of personal information.

That is a wider action rather than a privacy setting for this practice — it changes more than this, and it is not the same as turning this off.

Advertising & Profiling Grindr lets outside ad companies use cookies on its services to serve ads

What this means

Grindr says it allows third-party ad and marketing companies to use cookies and other technologies on the Grindr Services to serve ads.

Grindr allows third-party ad and marketing companies to use cookies and other technologies on the Grindr Services to serve ads.

Why this matters

Advertisers can place their own tracking technologies inside Grindr.

What the policy says

Allow third-party ad / marketing partners to use cookies and other technologies on the Grindr Services for the purposes of serving ads.

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What you can do

A privacy control may reduce part of this practice.

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  • Controls & Permissions 3
  • Location 2
  • Sharing 2
  • Advertising & Profiling 1
  • Messages 1
  • Microphone & Audio 1
  • Sensitive Data 1
  • Tracking 1

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  • Location 2 more
  • Camera & Photos 2 more
  • Microphone & Audio 1 more
  • Messages 5 more
  • Biometrics 1 more
  • Sensitive Data 3 more
  • Tracking 6 more
  • Advertising & Profiling 12 more
  • Sharing 9 more
  • Controls & Permissions 37 more
  • Other 8 more

  • Complete report

    86 additional reviewed findings, each shown with the policy wording behind it, like the 15 above.

  • Privacy Tune-Up

    20 verified privacy controls, 7 of them high-impact — where each one is, what it changes, and what may stop working.

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