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OkCupid shares your data with other Match Group services to enforce bans. They also collect face geometry data for features like Photo Verification, which may be considered biometric data in some regions. Additionally, your data may be shared with third-party advertising partners for targeted ads and transferred to other entities during corporate transactions, including to countries with different data protection laws. Some of your profile information is visible to other members, and your data is shared with service providers for operational purposes.
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Data shared across Match Group for banning
If you are banned from another Match Group service, your data may be shared with OkCupid to take necessary actions, including closing your account or preventing you from creating an account on their service.
Why it matters: There is a risk of losing access to your OkCupid account or being prevented from creating one if you are banned from any other service within the Match Group, as your data may be shared among these services for enforcement.
If you were banned from another Match Group service, your data may be shared with us to allow us to take necessary actions, including closing your account or preventing you from creating an account on our service.
**Data you give us**, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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Face Geometry Data Collection
If you choose to use features like Photo Verification, face geometry data may be collected, which could be considered biometric data in some jurisdictions.
Why it matters: Using certain features requires the collection of your face geometry data, which could be classified as sensitive biometric data depending on your location, potentially carrying additional privacy risks.
You may choose to participate in certain of our features like Photo Verification,that involve the collection of face geometry data, which may be considered biometric data in some jurisdictions.
**Other data we collect with your permission/consent**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Data shared with third-party advertising partners for targeting
OkCupid provides certain information about you to third parties, including advertising partners, or allows them to collect such data from their services to improve the relevance of ads. This can involve transforming your email address, advertising identifiers, or phone number into an identifier that can't identify you personally, which is then used to exclude you from marketing campaigns or target ads to a similar audience.
Why it matters: Your personal information, potentially including hashed email addresses or phone numbers, may be used by advertising partners to target you with ads or exclude you from campaigns on other platforms, impacting your privacy and potentially exposing you to unwanted advertising.
To help improve the relevance of these ads, we provide certain info about you to third parties, including advertising partners, or allow them to collect such data from our services (such as via cookies, SDKs, or similar technologies). Some of our advertising partners enable us to transform your email address, advertising identifiers, or phone number into an identifier that can’t be used to identify you personally and then use that unique identifier to either exclude you from our marketing campaigns or to target our ads at an audience that is similar to you in terms of background, interests or app usage.
* ID Data, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Data transfer in corporate transactions
Your data may be transferred if OkCupid is involved in corporate transactions such as a merger, sale, acquisition, or bankruptcy. This could include the entire organization's data or a specific subset like Purchase Data.
Why it matters: Your personal data could be transferred to a new owner or entity in the event of a corporate transaction, meaning your information might be handled by a different company than you initially agreed to.
We may transfer your data if we are involved, whether in whole or in part, in a merger, sale, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, bankruptcy, or other change of ownership or control.The categories of data shared will vary based on the type of corporate transaction. It may include the entire organization's data or only a specific subset such as Purchase Data.
* ID Data, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Cross-border data transfers to countries with different laws
As a global service, OkCupid's sharing of data involves cross-border transfers to the United States of America and other countries that may have different data processing laws. For transfers outside specific regions (EEA, UK, Switzerland, or countries deemed adequate by the European Commission), they typically rely on standard contractual clauses.
Why it matters: Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries, including the United States, that have different data protection laws than your home country, which could potentially expose your data to different privacy standards and legal frameworks.
Because we operate a global service, the sharing of your data laid out in Section 5 involves cross-border data transfers to the United States of America and other countries that may have different laws about data processing.
**7. Cross-Border Data Transfers**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Data Use & Sharing
How the company collects, uses, and shares your personal information.
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Sharing of Profile Data with other members
Some of your information is visible to other members on the service when you voluntarily disclose it on your public profile.
Why it matters: Information you choose to put on your public profile is visible to other members of the service, meaning it can be seen by a broad audience on the platform.
Since our goal is to help you make meaningful connections, some of your information is of course visible to other members on the service. We also share data with service providers and partners who assist us in operating the service, with other Match Group companies for the reasons laid out below and, in some cases, for legal and related reasons. Read on for more details.
**5. How We Share Data**, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Sharing of data with service providers and partners
OkCupid shares data with vendors and partners who help operate, promote, and improve their service, including for data hosting, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment processing, legal support, and security operations.
Why it matters: Your data is shared with various third-party service providers and partners for operational purposes, such as hosting, analytics, marketing, and payment processing, which means these third parties will have access to your information.
We share data with vendors and partners who help us operate, promote, and improve our service. They provide us with services such as data hosting and maintenance, analytics, customer care, marketing, advertising, payment processing, legal support, and security operations.
* Customer Support Data, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Sharing data with affiliates to show you on other Match Group services
To improve your chances of building connections, OkCupid may make you visible on other Match Group services or allow you to use cross-platform functionalities, provided they comply with applicable law and offer you an option to agree or refuse.
Why it matters: Your profile or data may be made visible on other services within the Match Group, potentially exposing your information to users on different platforms, though you may have options to control this.
To improve your chances of building significant connections with others, we may make you visible on other Match Group services or allow you to benefit from cross-platform functionalities. We will of course comply with applicable law and, where relevant, notify you of any such opportunity and allow you to agree or to refuse.
**6. How Match Group Companies Work Together**, paragraph 4 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation/Renewal Terms
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