Match

Meet people you are interested in and go out on dates

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Last Updated: May 4, 2019

Match.com is a dating website where you meet people you are interested in and go out on dates. They claim to lead to more dates, relationships, and marriages than any other dating website.

Personal data collected

Match.com collects personal information from you when you set up an account. For example, they may collect your gender, date of birth, and login credentials when you sign up. When you set up a profile on your account, they collect your personality, interests, and lifestyle information, photos or videos you share, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. If you decide to subscribe to their website, they will collect your payment information and billing address.

Other information collected from you includes your insights to their products and services, responses to their questions, testimonials, information used to let you participate in promotions, contests, surveys, and events, information from you that you share with customer care including your chat conversations, email address, information about any friends you want emails sent to, chats you do with other users, and any other content you publish. If you decide to set up your Match.com account by using your Facebook information, they will collect your Facebook information as well.

Information collected automatically includes your activity on their services, such as date and time you logged in, features you have been using, searches, clicks and pages that you have seen, referring URL, advertising you have seen, and how you interact with other users, such as users you connect and interact with, time and date of the exchange, and number of messages you send and receive.

Match.com also collects your device information, for example IP address, hardware and software information, device ID and type, device and app settings, app crashes, advertising IDs, browser type, language, operating system, time zone, IMEI, UDID, MAC address, service provider, signal strength, latitude and longitude, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi connections, and other location information.

Personal data usage

Match.com uses data to:

  • Allow you to create and manage your account.
  • Provide you with customer support.
  • Respond to your requests.
  • Complete your transactions.
  • Provide order managements and billing.
  • Communicate with you about your account and other products or services that might interest you.
  • Analyze your profile to recommend meaningful connections.
  • Show users’ profiles to each other.
  • Link your devices to each other.
  • Administer sweepstakes, contests, discounts or other offers.
  • Show you relevant content and advertisements.
  • Improve their services and develop new ones.
  • Conduct research and analysis of users’ behavior.
  • Protect you from fraud and illegal activities.
  • Comply with legal requirements.

Cookies and similar tech

Match.com collects information from you via cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and other similar technologies. They use cookies to authenticate you, remember your settings and preferences, analyze site traffic and trends, deliver and measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns, and allow you to use social features. If you decide to disable cookies, their website may not work as intended. They do not respond to Do Not Track signals.

Match.com account

With a Match.com account you can use their pro features to connect with others and contact them. You can also arrange to meet others in person and use any other pro features. You can sign up for a free account, but there are limited things you can do with a free account.

Data shared with Match.com

NAME
CATEGORY
MANDATORY
User ID
App Information
YES
Username
App Information
YES
Types of content you view
App Information
YES
Types of content you engage with
App Information
YES
People you are connected to
App Information
YES
IP address
Device
YES
Language and time zone
Device
YES
Browser type
Device
YES
Name of your mobile operator or ISP
Device
YES
Device locations
Device
YES
Device identifiers
Device
YES
Device settings
Device
YES
Hardware version
Device
YES
Signal strength
Device
YES
Operating system
Device
YES
Battery strength
Device
YES
Billing details
Payment
OPTIONAL
Shipping and contact details
Payment
OPTIONAL
Credit or debit card number
Payment
OPTIONAL
Gender
Personal Information
YES
Name
Personal Information
OPTIONAL
Information provided by third-party entity
Third-party
YES
Message sent to you
Third-party
YES
Login time
Time
YES
Sign-up time
Time
YES
Duration of your activities
Time
YES
Frequency of your activities
Time
YES

How to protect your privacy

To protect your privacy on Match.com you can:

  • Disable cookies.
  • Delete your information associated with your account.
  • Change your device permissions.
  • Uninstall their app.
  • Cancel your free membership or subscription.

How to contact Match.com about your privacy

You can contact them via email or postal mail at:

In the US or Canada:

Privacy Officer
Match Group, LLC
8750 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231

Outside the US or Canada:

Privacy Officer
Match Global Services Limited
8750 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1400
Dallas, TX 75231