Bumble markets itself as a safe dating app but it may be selling your deeply personal data unless you optoutrisking your privacy for their profit Despite repeated requests Bumble hasn’t confirmed if they sell or share user data and its policy is also unclear about whether all users can delete their data regardless of where they live The company had previously struggled with security vulnerabilitiesnbsp

So EFF has joined Mozilla Foundation and 11 other organizationsnbspurging Bumble to do a better job protecting user privacy

Bumble needs to respect the privacy of its users and ensure that the company does not disclose a user’s data unless that user optsin to such disclosure This privacy threat should not be something users have to optout of Protecting personal data should be effortless especially from a company that markets itself as a safe and ethical alternative

Dating apps collect vast amounts of intimate details about their customerseverything from sexual preferences to precise locationwho are often just searching for compatibility and love This data falling into the wrong hands can come with unacceptable consequences especially for those seeking reproductive health care survivors of intimate partner violence and members of the LGBTQ community For this reason the threshold for a company collecting selling and transferring such personal dataand providing transparency about privacy practicesis high

The letter urges Bumble to

Read the full letter here