Happn

Happn

Happn
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Tarehe ya ukaguzi: Machi 15, 2024

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Crossing paths and finding dates. That's the idea behind the location-based dating app Happn. Launched in 2014, Happn works by showing you other people on Happn who you have crossed paths with (and by crossed paths, they mean come within 250 meters of). If you cross paths with someone who catches your eye, you can like their profile. Only if that person likes you back, what Happn calls a Crush, can you then message them. Free users can access basic matching, sending likes, chatting with a Crush, and can play the CrushTime game. Premium users get set invisibility time so others can't see them, find out who Liked them, and send up to 10 FlashNotes ("Like" notifications to other users) per day. Oh boy! To sign up, you can use your phone number or login with Facebook, Google, or Apple (but please don't sign up with those third parties if you value your privacy!). So, does Happn happen to be good at privacy? Well, we found it nearly impossible to even find their privacy policy, which isn't a good sign. Over all though, they aren't the worst app we reviewed.

Je, jambo gani linaweza kutokea mambo yakienda mrama?

Good news! Happn isn't as terrible for your privacy as many other dating apps are. The French app is only one of two dating apps we reviewed in 2024 that doesn't earn any privacy and security dings (the other one being Lex). We should mention that it was a close call -- we almost couldn't find their privacy policy at all, which is a serious privacy sin indeed. Once we did find it it though, it looked pretty OK to us.

Happn's privacy policy separates the information that they can collect about you into three handy categories: mandatory (to use the app), required for certain purposes (as in information that's needed for certain features), and optional. Hopefully that difference is clear while you're on the app too, since you'll be invited to share some pretty personal details about your lifestyle and body. But just in case, you should know it says the only information you have to share is basic signup data like your name and contact information. Data that's collected automatically -- like technical data from your device and everything you do on the app -- is also mandatory.

That means you do not have to share your geolocation to use Happn. But if you don't, the app won't highlight the profiles of people you've "crossed paths" with in real life, which is kinda Happn's "thing". You can turn off the app's access to your location in your device settings and enter your city instead. It's cool to have the option since dating apps don't have the best track record of keeping your location private. Luckily, Happn is not one of of the many companies with a recent data breach, leak, or hack. Phew! But, still. Also in the category of things-best-not-to-share is access to your Facebook, Apple, or Google Account. When you login to Happn using a third-party account like one of those, both can potentially collect more information about you.

Oh and when you're filling out your profile, know that any sensitive information you include in there about your health, "sexual life," or political opinions, is considered "clearly made public" by Happn. That's a weird thing to say but we're pretty sure it means that posting that information is also consenting to it being processed (because otherwise processing sensitive personal information without explicit consent would be against Europe's GDPR). Gotcha. Happn also says your DMs and video calls are private. Good to know!

So what does Happn do with your personal information? Well, aside from what you'd expect (like delivering you the service), they can use it to personalize ads you see on the app. That's not awesome but also doesn't worry us too much. You can opt out of personalized ads "by clicking 'My Data' then 'Manage my Choices.'" Another thing you can do is ask Happn to delete your personal information. We love to see it!

One last thing you should know about Happn is that we read that the app uses artificial intelligence to power their matching algorithm. If they do, that's something we'd like to see explained in detail on their website. Since we don't know much about how it works, we're left with worries about privacy and fairness that we can't really answer.

Overall, Happn's actually pretty OK for your privacy. What could go wrong is that when you go to do your weekly read of your favorite apps' privacy policies, you can't find Happn's! But then you come here, and read this instead. Maybe that's not so bad.

Vidokezi vya kujilinda

  • Follow Happn's safety tips.
  • Visit the app's privacy preferences at the app and opt out from personalized advertsing as well as all non-essential data collection.
  • Request your data be deleted once you stop using the app. Simply deleting an app from your device usually does not erase your personal data nor does close your account.
  • Do not give consent to constant geolocation tracking by the app. Better provide geolocation 'only when using the app'.
  • Do not share sensitive data through the app.
  • Do not give access to your photos and video or camera.
  • Do not log in using third-party accounts.
  • Do not connect to any third party via the app, or at least make sure that a third party employs decent privacy practices.
  • Do not give consent for sharing of personal data for marketing and advertisement.
  • Chose a strong password! You may use a password control tool like 1Password, KeePass etc.
  • Do not use social media plug-ins.
  • Use your device privacy controls to limit access to your personal information via app (do not give access to your camera, microphone, images, location unless neccessary).
  • Keep your app regularly updated.
  • Limit ad tracking via your device (eg on iPhone go to Privacy -> Advertising -> Limit ad tracking) and biggest ad networks (for Google, go to Google account and turn off ad personalization).
  • When starting a sign-up, do not agree to tracking of your data if possible.
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Kifaa: Haihusiki

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Programu: Ndiyo

Unaweza kutumia nini kujisajili?

Facebook account, Google account or Apple ID sign-ups available

Kampuni inakusanya data gani?

Je, kampuni inatumiaje data hii?

Privacy Policy

"If you choose to register using your Facebook, Apple or Google account, your data will be collected from the relevant platform in an effort to reduce formalism. By selecting “Log in with Facebook/Apple/Google,” you agree to having these platforms provide us with such data."

"Your description is a free text area, HAPPN does not encourage Members to share data that can be perceived as sensitive with other Members, or with HAPPN through the Application. Sensitive data refers to data that is legally qualified as “sensitive” by the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). More specifically, it includes information on race or ethnicity, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliation with a union, along with information on health, sexual life or sexual preferences <...>. If a Member decides to share such information on his/her profile regardless, it is deemed to have been “clearly made public” by the Member who shared it, according to the GDPR. "

"Unless you have chosen stricter settings on your device, HAPPN will collect your Geographical position regularly."

"You may, at any time, withdraw your consent by disabling geolocation on your smartphone. If you choose to do so, your news feed will no longer be updated, and you will not be able to see who you have crossed paths with after disabling the geolocation option. When you have no more profiles in your newsfeed, we will ask you the name of your city in order to suggest new Member profiles near you."

"Conducting marketing operations and advertising outside of the application: we conduct marketing operations and advertising outside of the HAPPN application outside of third-party sites, social networks and third-party applications. If you are already a Member of the Application, we may share you email address and telephone number with such entities to exclude you from our Marketing campaigns. This information is provided for “hashing” purposes. This can also help HAPPN disseminate its campaigns to profiles similar to yours, who may be interested in our Services. The existence of your profile will never be disclosed to these similar profiles. The social networks which may receive your data for this purpose appear in the list of our service providers, available here. "

"Display personalized advertisements on the HAPPN Application with regard to third-party products and services to ensure they are relevant to the Member. These advertisements are personalized based only on your age group, gender and the country and/or city where you live. Your personal preferences will not be analyzed in disseminating such advertising. Personalized advertising also includes the restricting of identical advertisements. As a result, when a Member consents to it, repeated or irrelevant advertisements are limited and the Member will see more diverse content."

"The advertisements displayed on the HAPPN Application are personalized if you have given your consent. At any time, you may withdraw your consent to personalized advertising based on your age group and your gender by clicking “My Data” then “Manage my Choices.” Premium Members do not have advertisements on the HAPPN Application."

"The personal data of Members processed as part of their use of the Application is hosted in the European Union.
However, the personal data of Members are transferred to HAPPN subcontractors located outside the European Union, for Member support, report management, advertising and marketing."

"Authenticated and reliable service providers and partners, who may access and/or process Members’ personal data, in compliance with the Privacy Policy, and ensuring the security and privacy of the Members’ personal data. These service providers help us operate and improve our Services, including

our sub-contractors in charge of data infrastructure and hosting
suppliers of the analysis software we use
technical sub-contractors for using the Application and/or ensuring that the Application functions properly
our customer service to provide Members with the support they need and manage reports;
our Marketing partners to provide HAPPN Members and non-Members with relevant messages, offers and content."

Unawezaje kudhibiti data yako?

Privacy policy

"Your rights

In compliance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6th, 1978 (Loi Informatique et Libertés, 78-17), and the GDPR, every Member has a right to access, rectify, and a right to data portability and removal of his/her personal data, along with a right to object to or limit processing of his/her personal data, and the right to decide on the way to handle the personal data after his/her death. In an effort to address its Members’ concerns, HAPPN commits to respecting the protection of personal data and to process requests as soon as possible.

Exercising your rights

Members may exercise their rights, subject to proving their identity, by sending an email to [email protected], by exercising their rights directly via the Application, or by sending a letter to the following postal address: for the attention of the Data Protection Officer, HAPPN - 5 rue Feydeau 75002 Paris – France. For confidentiality reasons, if there is a doubt on the requesting party’s identity, proof of identity may be requested."

"HAPPN has introduced a process for automatically deleting your account and your personal data with regard to the storage time limits defined below. When certain data must be stored for statistical uses beyond these storage time limits, this data is anonymized irreversibly to ensure you can no longer be identified."

Je, rekodi ya kampuni inayojulikana ya kulinda data ya watumiaji ni gani?

Wastani

No known data breaches discovered in the last three years.

Taarifa ya Faragha ya Mtoto

"HAPPN shall not collect data from minors. Should a Member lie about his/her date of birth, and particularly if he/she fraudulently claims to be an adult, the parents of the minor in question should inform HAPPN of this fact by sending an e-mail to one of the contacts mentioned in Article 11 “Contact”, requesting the data to be deleted. HAPPN commits to deleting all data on the minor in question as soon as possible."

Je, bidhaa hii inaweza kutumika nje ya mtandao?

Hapana

Maelezo ya faragha yanayofaa watumiaji?

Hapana

Happn's privacy policy was nearly impossible to find. We had to navigate broken and missing links before we eventually stumbled upon a working link to their privacy policy. Not cool Happn, not cool.

Viungo vya taarifa za faragha

Je, bidhaa hii inakidhi Viwango vyetu vya Chini Zaidi vya Usalama? taarifa

Ndiyo

Usimbaji fiche

Ndiyo

Nenosiri thabiti

Ndiyo

Masasisho ya usalama

Ndiyo

Inashughulikia hatari

Ndiyo

Sera ya faragha

Ndiyo

Happn's privacy policy was nearly impossible to find. We had to navigate broken and missing links before we eventually stumbled upon a working link to their privacy policy.

Je, bidhaa inatumia AI? taarifa

Ndiyo

Happn uses artificial intelligence to rank profiles and fuses AI to create perfect matches.

Je, AI hii haiaminiki?

Haiwezi Kuamua

Je, AI hukufanyia maamuzi gani?

Je, kampuni ina uwazi kuhusu jinsi AI inavyofanya kazi?

Haiwezi Kuamua

Je, mtumiaji anadhibiti vipengele vya AI?

Haiwezi Kuamua

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Chunguza kwa Kina

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  • Happn, Universal and Other Brands Accused of Misusing Data to Advertise On Facebook
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