Grade F — Predatory terms (score 47/100)
Grindr's terms force users into binding arbitration, claim a perpetual license to user content for AI training, and allow account termination without notice.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and broad termination rights.
YOU AND WE ARE WAIVING YOUR AND OUR RIGHTS TO SEEK RELIEF IN A COURT OF LAW AND TO HAVE A JURY TRIAL.
You cannot sue the company in court or have a jury trial; you must use private arbitration.
You hereby grant... an irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive, transferrable, sublicensable... worldwide license to reproduce... and otherwise use and exploit Your User Content... (including, without limitation, to... train, test, deploy, operate, and otherwise improve AI Technologies).
Grindr owns a permanent license to use your photos and messages to train their AI models, even after you leave.
Grindr also reserves the right to (a) disable any User’s use of or access to the Grindr Services... or (b) suspend or terminate any User’s account, for any reason and without any notice or Our being liable to You.
The company can ban you and delete your data at any time without warning.
We reserve the right, at Our discretion, to modify, add, or discontinue the Grindr Services... at any time, for any reason, without notice and without liability to You.
The company can change the service or terms without giving you advance notice.
CANCELLATION IS EFFECTIVE ONLY AT THE END OF THE THEN-CURRENT TERM. ALL PREVIOUSLY PAID AMOUNTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
If you cancel a subscription, you won't get a refund for the remaining time.
IF YOU ARE A NEW GRINDR USER, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO REJECT THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE PROVISION... THE OPT-OUT NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN THIRTY-ONE (31) DAYS AFTER THE DATE YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS.
You have a short 31-day window to opt out of the forced arbitration clause via email.
Last reviewed 2026-08-03 under rubric v3.5.