European alternatives to Bumble
A dating app built around women making the first move, publicly listed in the US. Like its rivals it holds sensitive personal data on US-hosted infrastructure.
Company information about Bumble
- Company
- Bumble Inc.
- Headquarters
- Austin, United States
- Founded
- 2014
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Amazon AWS
Why people switch away from Bumble
European alternatives to Bumble
German dating app founded in Dresden in 2011. One of the largest dating platforms in German-speaking Europe with 70 million+ registered users. Owned by The Meet Group (US) since 2017 but operated from Dresden with German data handling. Features live video dating and real-time matching.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.