Data Report Card · Tinder
Tinder Data Report Card
Tinder · Match Group
Data
Practices
Practices
2Access2Portability1Friction1Deletion1Sells1Trains AI
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C
8/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
2Access
2Portability
0API access
=
C
4/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
Reviewed Jun 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from Tinder's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
2Accessstated
Self-serve: users sign into the Manage My Account tool and request a copy of their data, which is emailed as a downloadable ZIP at no fee.
Tinder Help — request a copy of your data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗2Portabilitystated
Export arrives as a structured
SwipeStats — how to download Tinder data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗data.json file (inside a ZIP, with an index.html viewer) — machine-readable.1Frictionstated
Self-serve request but not instant: the download link is emailed within a few days (often 24–48h) and the link expires 24 hours after being sent, forcing a re-request if missed.
SwipeStats / Tinder Help · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Deletionstated
Account deletion is self-serve in-app/web, but a 3-month safety-retention window applies and transaction records are kept up to 10 years for tax/accounting; not an immediate full erasure.
Tinder Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Sells / sharesstated
Tinder states it does not "sell" or "share" personal information, yet shares "non-personal" / de-identified data with Match Group companies and advertisers for targeted ads; GPC handling is not clearly stated.
Mozilla *Privacy Not Included — Tinder · accessed Jun 2026 ↗1Trains AIstated
Policy discloses inference-building (profiles of "preferences, characteristics, psychological trends") but no explicit blanket AI-training-on-content claim and no clear dedicated opt-out — scored conservatively given OkCupid/Clarifai history.
Tinder Privacy Policy · accessed Jun 2026 ↗0API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
Tinder provides no official public consumer API; users request a copy of their personal data through the Manage My Account tool, after which Tinder emails a download link that expires 24 hours after it is sent.
Tinder — request a copy of your personal data · accessed Jun 2026 ↗Tinder offers a clean self-serve JSON export and in-app deletion, but a 24-hour download-link expiry, multi-tier retention, ad-sharing of de-identified data, and unclear GPC / AI-opt-out posture pull the middle cells down. Source-verified Jun 2026; all cells stated (read from published policy/support docs), none yet tested via live export.
How to request your data from Tinder
- Go to https://account.gotinder.com/data — Tinder's data-request entry point.
- Sign in → Download My Data → enter your email → Submit.
- Expected wait: emailed within a few days (often 24–48h); link expires 24h after sent — Tinder's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact Tinder — Privacy Team (Match Group): https://www.help.tinder.com/hc/en-us/requests/new.
These steps reflect Tinder's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.