Bumble Terms Scorecard

Grade F — Predatory terms (score 49/100)

Bumble forces binding arbitration, claims a perpetual license to your content, and reserves the right to terminate your account at any time for any reason without notice.

Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad termination rights.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
UNCLEAR
Forced arbitration
YES
Trains AI on your content
UNCLEAR
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
YES
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
NO

What the terms actually say

Section 15 — Dispute Resolution

this Arbitration Agreement requires you and Bumble Group to resolve disputes by binding arbitration instead of in court.

You are forced to waive your right to sue in court and must use private arbitration instead.

YOUR CONTENT

automatically grant us a non-exclusive, royalty free, perpetual, worldwide license to use Your Content in any way

Bumble claims a permanent right to use, edit, and distribute your photos and content forever, even after you delete your account.

Section 16 — Termination and Remedies

we expressly reserve the right to terminate or suspend your Account without notice (1) for violating these Terms, (2) due to your conduct... or (4) for any reasons whatsoever that we deem, in our sole discretion, justifies termination.

Bumble can delete your account at any time for any reason, including conduct outside the app, without giving you prior notice.

Section 17 — WE KNOW OUR TERMS ARE AWESOME

we reserve the right to modify, amend or change the Terms at any time... Your continued use of Bumble following any Change constitutes your acceptance of the Change

Bumble can change these terms whenever they want, and by continuing to use the app, you automatically agree to the new terms.

Section 16 — Termination and Remedies

If your account is terminated... Your information will be maintained and deleted in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

The document does not provide a clear, guaranteed timeline for when your personal data is actually deleted after account closure.

1. BUMBLE RULES

you can delete your Account at any time by going to the ‘Settings’ page when you are logged in and clicking on the ‘Delete account’ link.

You can delete your account easily through the app settings without needing to contact support.

Last reviewed 2026-08-03 under rubric v3.5.

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