According to a March 2021 analysis of the leading dating apps for iOS users, a large number of mobile dating apps required users to provide their email address and phone number, as well as a personal name. With the exception of the Chinese-developed Soul, which only requires users' mobile numbers to sign in, the examined leading dating apps like Tinder and Badoo required users to provide an email address and their name. None of the examined leading apps collected payment information that would make users immediately identifiable or data on their credit information. Among the examined apps, the majority appeared to collect sensitive data such as political opinion and trade union membership, as well as sexual orientation and biometric data.
Number of data points linked to iOS users collected by selected mobile dating apps as of March 2021, by category
data concering the 50 most downloaded dating apps in the Apple App Store
Supplementary notes
According to the source: "based on the 32 types of data that the Apple Store lists. Apps from the Google Play Store might have different privacy settings."
Data linked to a user are defined as information that can identify a specific user (such as a name).
According to the source, sensitive information include data: "such as racial or ethnic data, sexual orientation, pregnancy or childbirth information, disability, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, political opinion, genetic information, or biometric data."
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SurfShark. (April 6, 2022). Number of data points linked to iOS users collected by selected mobile dating apps as of March 2021, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302096/dating-apps-identifiable-data-collected-by-category/
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SurfShark. (2022). Number of data points linked to iOS users collected by selected mobile dating apps as of March 2021, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302096/dating-apps-identifiable-data-collected-by-category/
SurfShark. "Number of Data Points Linked to Ios Users Collected by Selected Mobile Dating Apps as of March 2021, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1302096/dating-apps-identifiable-data-collected-by-category/
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