Data Report Card · Hinge
Hinge Data Report Card
C
8/12 Policy grade · Dating app · Match Group, Inc.
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Hinge's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Hinge provides a self-serve "Download My Data" flow in-app under Settings, returning a copy of the personal data Hinge holds.
Hinge — How do I request a copy of my personal data (corroborated via terms.law) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Portabilitystated
Publicly posted Hinge export archives confirm the download is delivered as structured, machine-readable JSON files (profile, matches, media metadata), meeting the multi-format bar for portability.
Hinge data export structure (public GitHub repositories) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Connects to apps: No. Hinge offers no consumer-grantable API for an agent to read your own data; the self-data path is the manual in-app Download My Data export under Settings. Hinge — How do I request a copy of my personal data (corroborated via terms.law) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗
1Frictionstated
Most exports are stated to be ready within 30 days; the download link expires 48 hours after it is issued, adding a time-pressure step.
Hinge — How do I request a copy of my personal data (corroborated via terms.law) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Deletionstated
Hinge offers a self-serve account-deletion flow in-app under Settings that removes the account and profile, with a stated retention window for limited legal and safety data.
Hinge — Help Center / Match Group Privacy Policy (corroborated via terms.law) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Sells / sharesstated
The Match Group privacy policy describes sharing personal data across Match Group companies and with service and advertising partners and offers a CCPA Do-Not-Sell/Share opt-out; sharing is broad but Hinge does not state it sells data for cash, so this is scored at the partial level.
Match Group — Privacy Policy / CCPA notice (corroborated via terms.law) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗0Trains AIstated
The Match Group privacy policy reserves the right to use personal data to develop and improve AI and machine-learning models, with no clear consumer opt-out specific to model training, so AI-training use is scored at the lowest level.
Match Group — Privacy Policy (AI / automated processing) (corroborated via terms.law and Mozilla *PNI) · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Reviewed Jun 2026. Hinge's own domains (hinge.co and help.hinge.co) refused connections at review time on both the reviewer's and a second independent network, so the policy language below was corroborated verbatim through named third parties rather than read directly: terms.law's Privacy Watchdog, Mozilla *Privacy Not Included, and the structure of publicly posted Hinge data-export archives on GitHub. Cell sources cite Hinge's publicly indexed help and policy URLs for reference; the (corroborated via …) note marks where wording was confirmed second-hand. Hinge is owned by Match Group, whose group-wide privacy policy governs AI use.
Events
Breaches, policy changes, and export-format changes we’ve recorded at Hinge — other parties’ actions, alongside the enforcement record above. An event never changes a grade by itself. All events →
No events on record for Hinge.
Grade history
Every change to this company’s grade since it was first published, and why. All grade changes →
No changes since this grade was first published in Jun 2026.
How to request your data from Hinge
- Go to https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/360011235813-How-do-I-request-a-copy-of-my-personal-data — Hinge's data-request entry point.
- Profile icon → Settings → Download My Data.
- Expected wait: most exports ready within 30 days; download link expires after 48 hours — Hinge's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Hinge — Data Requests (in-app): https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/requests/new.
These steps reflect Hinge's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.