Hinge
This site leans hard on your data.
2/5 checks · 23 third parties · 9 cookies · 1 high-risk · capped at D
Per its own privacy policy, Hinge collects precise location in the background and shares personal data across Match Group companies for targeted advertising — earning Mozilla's 'Very Creepy' privacy warning. A clean marketing site can’t change that — and a homepage scan can’t see what the app does once you log in — so this grade can’t rise above a D.
Why this grade is capped · sourced, not vibes
Per its own privacy policy, Hinge can collect your precise location in the background even when you aren't using the app.
Source: Hinge privacy policy, via Mozilla *Privacy Not Included, Mar 2024
Hinge uses your personal data to show you ads and shares information with other Match Group companies for marketing and targeted advertising.
Source: Hinge privacy policy, via Mozilla *Privacy Not Included, Mar 2024
What Hinge does with your data
A crowd of outside companies loads with the page — each one can log that you showed up.
Contacts 23 third-party domains on load
It drops third-party cookies that can trail you from one site to the next.
Sets 9 third-party cookies
It reaches a domain on our high-risk / adversarial watchlist.
Contacts 1 high-risk domain (e.g. analytics.tiktok.com)
Your connection is encrypted, so others on your network can’t read what you send.
Serves over HTTPS and enforces it (HSTS)
It isn’t a registered data broker.
Not a registered data broker
Last scored 6/3/2026
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