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Hinge

ABOUIT · HINGE1/7
In 5 secondi
Hinge
  • 7 tipi di dati collegati a te
  • Fino a $284.99 per un singolo acquisto in-app
  • 1 tipi di dati utilizzati per tracciarti su app di altre aziende
  • Perché: guarda cosa dicono ai loro investitori
ABOUIT · HINGE2/7
Dichiarano
7
tipi di dati collegati a te
quest'app · 7
tipico delle 19 app esaminate · 9
COSA SIGNIFICACollegato alla tua identità, non anonimo. L'azienda ha compilato questa etichetta da sola.
COSA PUOI FARENell'UE e nel Regno Unito puoi richiedere una copia dei tuoi dati.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · HINGE3/7
Dichiarano
1
tipi di dati utilizzati per tracciarti su app di altre aziende
quest'app · 1
tipico delle 16 app esaminate · 2
COSA SIGNIFICAPuò essere usato per tracciarti su app e siti web di altre aziende.
COSA PUOI FAREiPhone: Impostazioni → Privacy e sicurezza → Tracciamento → disattiva.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · HINGE4/7
Dichiarano
$284.99
prezzo massimo di un singolo acquisto in-app
COSA SIGNIFICAIl prezzo massimo per un singolo acquisto in-app, secondo la scheda dello store.
COSA PUOI FAREImposta una password per gli acquisti nelle impostazioni dello store.
Google Play listing, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · HINGE5/7
Perché · segui i soldi
Segui i soldi.
“The Company’s revenue is primarily derived directly from users in the form of recurring subscriptions.”
Originale in inglese
COSA SIGNIFICADa dove arrivano i soldi, nelle parole dell'azienda stessa.
Match Group, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-26
ABOUIT · HINGE6/7
Follow the money · who owns it
13.7%
of the shares: The Vanguard Group
BlackRock, Inc. 11.9%Starboard Value LP 7.6%State Street Corporation 6.9%
ABOUIT'S READINGIts biggest owners are paid when the company earns more. Users have no vote.
Match Group, Inc. · proxy statement (Form DEF 14A) filed with the US SEC on 2026-04-30
ABOUIT · HINGE7/7
Fine
È tutto.
NESSUN FEEDNessun feed infinito qui. Hai visto tutto ciò che abbiamo su quest'app.
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Le loro stesse paroleSchede dello storeNell'appFonti ufficialiScontrini del jury

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ABOUIT · LO SCONTRINO
Hinge
verificato il 2026-11-12

7kinds of data linked to you
App Store label, declared by the developer

ME
👁️ kind of data used to track you1App Store label, declared by the developer📤 data types it may share with third parties5Google Play listing, declared by the developer🛰️ other domains contacted before any choice3our first look, 2026-11-09⏱️ to read the privacy policy (4,925 words)20 mincounted at 250 words a minute💸 per in-app purchase$0.49 - $284.99Google Play listing, declared by the developer🕰️ past policy versions kept80Internet Archive
MY MIND
📢 contains no adsNo adsGoogle Play listing, declared by the developer▶️ no video started by itself on the homepageNo autoplayour first look, 2026-11-09🧒 store content ratingMature 17+Google Play listing
MY WORLD
⚖️ moved to open the homepage once1.7 MBour first look, 2026-11-09🌫️ CO2e for that one visit0.16–0.25 gSustainable Web Design v4
Ogni riga ha una fonte.
Fatti dichiarati da loro o misurati da noi. Nessun punteggio.
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MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"For example, manifestly illegal and harmful content such as terrorist content or child sexual exploitation material will result in a ban."

Their words, not yet tested. terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

AUTO-RENEW, REFUNDS AND CANCELLING
"When you make a purchase or request a refund, we keep the details of the transaction (e.g. what you purchased, the date of the transaction, and the price)."

Their words, not yet tested. privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTIONS
"For purposes of this Dispute Resolution Process and Arbitration Procedures set forth in Section 15, “Hinge” shall include our affiliates, employees, licensors, and service providers."

Their words, not yet tested. terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

How this was checkedPolicy history

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We email you when its policy changes, a receipt publishes, an official decision is linked or its first look finishes. At most one email a day. Nothing is sent before you confirm. What we store

Cancel race

Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.

Record your cancel

No receipt about Hinge yet. read — waiting for review First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08 · terms of service read 2026-11-12

Published by Hinge, Inc. (no exact match in GLEIF).

Area by area

Read the details

What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.

Claims

not tested yet

Attention

not tested yet

Privacy

3 receipts waiting for sign-off

3 other domains before any tap

terms: 15,403 words

their words, not yet tested

Prompts and messages

not tested yet

Planet

  • 1.7 MB before any tap (64 requests)
  • about 0.16–0.26 g CO2e per visit, Sustainable Web Design v4 method
  • 3 other domains contacted
  • 926 bytes from domains on EasyList or EasyPrivacy: sentry.io (645 bytes, EasyPrivacy), onetrust.com (281 bytes, EasyPrivacy)
  • no video playing on its own

First look at hinge.co from Germany on 2026-11-09, no click, scroll or consent choice, 13 s · source · SHA-256 c1a836850a82…

Their climate claims

Green claims and their support

  • No environmental claim found in: homepage (2026-11-09), App Store description (2026-11-09), Google Play description (2026-11-09).
  • No sustainability report or page found at: links on the homepage https://hinge.co/ (2026-11-09).
  • SBTi companies data (downloaded 2026-11-09): no entry named Hinge, Inc. · source · SHA-256 e5c81f5da06e….

How we read climate claims

What they say3 read · 80 archived
What they dofirst look · Germany
Official decisionsnone linked yet
Measured4 facts

Reaching a human

How Hinge's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.

Cancel article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
Close-account article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)

What the stores and its help centre say

The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.

App Store (US), as the listing showed it

  • “Data Used to Track You”: “Identifiers”
  • “Data Linked to You”: “Purchases”, “Location”, “Contact Info”, “Identifiers”, “Usage Data”, “User Content”, “Sensitive Info”
  • “Data Not Linked to You”: “Diagnostics”
  • Age rating: “18+”
  • In-app purchases listed: “Bundle of three Roses” “$9.99”; “Boost” “$9.99”; “Hinge Subscription” “$29.99”; “Hinge+ Subscription” “$16.99”; “Membership” “$19.99”; “Hinge+ Subscription” “$19.99”; “Boost” “$19.99”; “Hinge Subscription” “$14.99”; “Bundle of twelve Roses” “$29.99”; “Hinge Subscription” “$34.99”
  • “Advertising” is not listed under “Contains”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 bc318a203d5a…

Google Play (US), as the listing showed it

  • Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Location, Personal info and 3 others”)
  • Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Location, Personal info and 7 others”)
  • Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
  • Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
  • Content rating: “Mature 17+”
  • Does not show “Contains ads”
  • Shows “In-app purchases”, “$0.49 - $284.99 per item”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 db8418ab1222…

Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

Cancelling, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

ONE NUMBER · MADE TO SHARE
Hinge: $220K in three months on lobbying the US government

Perché: cosa dicono ai loro investitori

Sentences copied word for word from the latest annual report of the company behind Hinge. Companies must tell investors what their business depends on.

“The Company’s revenue is primarily derived directly from users in the form of recurring subscriptions.”

Where the money comes from, in the company's own words.

Match Group, Inc. · annual report (Form 10-K) filed with the US SEC on 2026-02-26 · source · SHA-256 e7b8c72dbbb7…

Lobbying: cosa dichiara l'azienda

US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-19 · THE MAKER OF HINGE

MATCH GROUP, INC. reports spending $220,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).

Che tipo di cifra: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.

source (bulk file) · SHA-256 620e6c38b505…

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Hinge, area by area: Story 9:16 card, Manga plate style
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In their own words

Read the details

Whole sentences copied exactly from Hinge's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.

MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"Our service is restricted to individuals who are 18 years of age or older."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"We do not permit individuals under the age of 18 on our platform."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"If you suspect that a member is under the age of 18, please use the reporting mechanism available on the service."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"Our systems and processes are generally designed to prioritize the detection and removal of the most serious and harmful violations (e.g., child sexual exploitation material or terrorist content), even if instances of such content are rare."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"For example, manifestly illegal and harmful content such as terrorist content or child sexual exploitation material will result in a ban."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"Our systems and processes are generally designed to prioritize the detection and removal of the most serious and harmful violations (e.g., child sexual exploitation material or terrorist content), even if instances of such content are rare."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"For example, manifestly illegal and harmful content such as terrorist content or child sexual exploitation material will result in a ban."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

AUTO-RENEW, REFUNDS AND CANCELLING
"When you make a purchase or request a refund, we keep the details of the transaction (e.g. what you purchased, the date of the transaction, and the price)."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"California subscribers: You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"If you subscribed through your Apple ID, refunds are handled by Apple, not Hinge."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew - and you will be charged - until you cancel."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"California subscribers: You may cancel your subscription, without penalty or obligation, at any time prior to midnight of the third business day following the date you subscribed."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"If you subscribed through your Apple ID, refunds are handled by Apple, not Hinge."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"If you purchase a subscription, it will automatically renew - and you will be charged - until you cancel."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTIONS
"For purposes of this Dispute Resolution Process and Arbitration Procedures set forth in Section 15, “Hinge” shall include our affiliates, employees, licensors, and service providers."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"If you have a Dispute with Hinge (“Your Dispute”), before formally pursuing Your Dispute in arbitration or small claims court, you agree to first (send a detailed notice (“Notice”) to CT Corporation, c/o Hinge, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, USA."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"However, if Your Dispute includes individual claims covered by the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act, then you are not required to send a Notice before pursuing your claims in accordance with Section 17."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"For purposes of this Dispute Resolution Process and Arbitration Procedures set forth in Section 15, “Hinge” shall include our affiliates, employees, licensors, and service providers."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"If you have a Dispute with Hinge (“Your Dispute”), before formally pursuing Your Dispute in arbitration or small claims court, you agree to first (send a detailed notice (“Notice”) to CT Corporation, c/o Hinge, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, USA."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"However, if Your Dispute includes individual claims covered by the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act, then you are not required to send a Notice before pursuing your claims in accordance with Section 17."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

SHARED WITH OR SOLD TO
"We also share data with service providers and partners who assist us in operating the service, with other Match Group companies for the reasons laid out below and, in some cases, for legal and related reasons."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"We may share data with affiliates or receive data from them for the purposes laid out in Section 6 of this policy."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

KEEPING AND DELETING DATA
"To protect the safety and security of our members, we implement a safety retention window of three months following account closure or up to two years following an account ban."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"During this period, we keep your data to investigate unlawful or harmful conducts."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"The retention of data during this safety retention window is based on our legitimate interest as well as that of potential third-party victims."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, all authorization to access our Services or systems is automatically revoked, and you must immediately delete your account, and we retain the right to remove your access to our Services without warning in our sole discretion."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"You can delete your account at any time by logging into the App, going to the “Profile” tab, and selecting “Settings” (the gear icon), and following the instructions to terminate your membership."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"In the event the small claims court retains jurisdiction over certain claims, those claims will proceed in small claims court first."

terms · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"If at any time you cease to meet these requirements, all authorization to access our Services or systems is automatically revoked, and you must immediately delete your account, and we retain the right to remove your access to our Services without warning in our sole discretion."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"You can delete your account at any time by logging into the App, going to the “Profile” tab, and selecting “Settings” (the gear icon), and following the instructions to terminate your membership."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"In the event the small claims court retains jurisdiction over certain claims, those claims will proceed in small claims court first."

terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12

DATA COLLECTED
"Think of us as your digital wingmate, here to guide you through the ins and outs of what data we collect, and why and how we use it."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"We may also collect data from third parties, like when you access the service through an account you have on another platform (e.g., Facebook, Google or Apple) or when you upload information from your account on another platform to complete your profile."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

"When you choose to share information about other people (for example, if you use the contact details of someone you know for a given feature or if you submit a query or report involving a member), we process this data on your behalf to complete your request."

privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12

What changed in its policies

HINGE · TERMS OF SERVICE
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2026-05-08"Safe Dating Tips FAQ Trust & Safety Press Resources How We Connect Daters"
AFTER · CAPTURED 2026-07-09"Safe Dating Tips FAQ Trust & Safety Press Resources How We Connect Daters NFAQ (Not-so Frequently Asked Questions)"

Changed at some point between the Internet Archive captures of 2026-05-08 and 2026-07-09. Capture 2026-05-08 · Capture 2026-07-09

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HINGE · PRIVACY POLICY
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2026-06-08"Safe Dating Tips FAQ Trust & Safety Press Resources How We Connect Daters"
AFTER · CAPTURED 2026-07-09"Safe Dating Tips FAQ Trust & Safety Press Resources How We Connect Daters NFAQ (Not-so Frequently Asked Questions)"

Changed at some point between the Internet Archive captures of 2026-06-08 and 2026-07-09. Capture 2026-06-08 · Capture 2026-07-09

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