Project:Dating Privacy

Objectives

Dating Privacy seeks to bring closer users' interests and concerns to app-companies for improving dating, intimate and sexual health practices mediated with technology. These practices must respect user preferences, guarantee a safe interaction online, be transparent about data and algorithmic processing, and protect privacy and personal data rights. Our objectives are:

1. Build a community of support, help and algorithmic expertise for users
   
2. Raise awareness about personal risks when using dating apps and other apps for sexuality and self-care
   
3. Facilitate users' personal data requests to companies
   
4. Empower users in data analysis so they learn about their own practices
   
5. Create a cartography of the information collected by dating apps so users understand all the sensitive data they give away
   
6. Develop research methodologies and data flows that respect personal data rights and contribute with end users' concerns for knowledge production
   

Presentation

The idea of a "data collective" is to bring together people that have the same concern about data in a particular topic.

At Dating Privacy collective we seek to understand how dating apps collect our personal data (e.g., age, sexual preferences, messages, emotions) and can affect our lives while dating but also beyond, for example while moving in the public space to meet somebody face to face, our geolocation is used by companies for unclear purposes.

Members of the data collective Dating Privacy are using the data access right to fight against the risks associated with the use of dating apps, to increase the algorithmic transparency of matching systems, and to highlight their discriminatory effects.

We are for instance interested in understanding algorithmic effects in situations of cyberviolence, exclusion, or socio-economic discriminations on the basis of our digital identities and behaviors. From the data obtained through Subject Access Requests, we can understand algorithmic amplification of societal stereotypes as well as their influence on human behaviors (sometimes offline).

It is urgent for us to find solutions to cyberviolence and discrimination problems in a society of algorithmic “personalization” edging ever more towards polarization and fragility.

In other words, we are a community repurposing the use of data collected "for matches" for our own good.

Dating Privacy aims to contribute with better development standards and user practices on dating apps that match the users' interests and protect their intimate life.

History

Dating Privacy is a community we have started after identifying several privacy risks we, as dating app users, are confronted with when looking for a date online: algorithmic discriminations and exclusion, stereotype reinforcement, cyberviolence (sexual harassment, rapes facilitated by apps), unwanted ads, harms resulting from incorrect profiling and predictions, the possibility of phishing and identity theft.

Dating Privacy is a collective formed by members coming from different countries and disciplines (mathematics, sociology, journalism, law, arts, physics) and foreparts (academia, private, independent, citizen NGO).

Watch the Dating Privacy Collective Launch: Our Plan To Change the ‘Data for Dates’ Paradigm – held on Friday 12th Feb at 7:30 pm (CET)
Link to the presentation https://tinyurl.com/20210212datingprivacy
Meetup event: https://www.meetup.com/tech4goodLIN/events/276275535/
Linkedin event https://www.linkedin.com/events/datingprivacy-collectivelaunch-6765208415816974336/about/

UPCOMING Events

• 13.12.2023, Calcule ta paie. Récupération et analyse des données personnelles des chauffeur·es privé·es à Paris, Université Paris 8, St-Denis https://netgouv.hypotheses.org/455
  
• 11-12.12.2023, Jessica Pidoux, table ronde lors de l'événement adoprivacy: Les adolescents face aux enjeux de la privacy. Stratégies adolescentes, perspectives de régulation, innovations pédagogiques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkdLI2JzdU
  
• 31.10.2023, Jessica Pidoux, table ronde (No. 4) lors de l'événement Smart City à Neuchâtel, le 31 octobre à 15h15 "Economie des plateformes, quels modèles alternatifs ?" https://www.smartcityday.ch/
  
• 16.11.2023, 18h00 à 19h30, Dr. Jessica Pidoux, Madame Catherine Pugin, Déléguée au numérique du canton de Vaud, Dr. Marie Gallais, Chercheuse au LIST (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology), HES-SO Master Ethique & Technologie, Table ronde à l'Espace du Master Innokick, Ateliers de Renens, Chemin du Closel 3, 1020 Renens, "Les défis éthiques de l’innovation face aux récentes évolutions numériques et technologiques" https://www.hes-so.ch/master/hes-so-master/evenements/details-des-evenements/table-ronde-ethique-et-nouvelles-technologies
  
• 24.10.2023, Jessica Pidoux, Université de Neuchâtel, dialogues interdisciplinaires, cours de bachelor 2ème année, "La science citoyenne et l'autonomisation des travailleurs des plateformes : Une analyse des données personnelles des chauffeurs Uber à Genève”
  
• 15.09.2023, Jessica Pidoux et Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Genève, 22e festival du film et forum international sur les droits humains https://fifdh.org/agenda/algorithmes-vers-un-monde-manipule
  
• 19-20.11.2023, COESO Connect. Collaborate. Create. Parallel session "Participatory evaluation and self-assessment applied to citizen science" by Dominique Boullier, Sciences Po, COESO project, Jessica Pidoux, Sciences Po, PersonalData.IO, COESO project, Barbara Kieslinger, ZSI - Centre for Social Innovation, Florence Belaen, Université Lumière Lyon 2, https://ccc.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/8
  
• 18.10.2023, CSCW Minnesota, Wed 9:00am – 10:30am: SIG. Platform (In)Justice: Exploring Research Priorities and Practical Solutions,

Heesoo Jang, Nanditha Narayanamoorthy, Laura Schelenz, Lou Therese Brandner, Anne Burkhardt, Simon David Hirsbrunner, Jessica Pidoux, Scott Timcke, Airi Lampinen, Riyaj Shaikh https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3584931.3606953

• 9-10.10.2023, Berlin, Conference "INDL-6 conference: Digital Labor in the Wake of Pandemic Times" Sofia Kypraiou & Jessica Pidoux A Mixed-Methods’ Study on The Impact of Covid-19 on Uber Drivers: Differences across Policies, Earnings and Work Patterns in Geneva and Paris https://www.indl.network/
  
• Jessica Pidoux et al., Conférence de presse au Sénat, Paris, France, 21.03.2023 à l'initiative du sénateur Pascal Savoldelli, et en réaction à l'adoption de l’article 3 de la loi de programmation du ministère de la justice
  
• STS Italia Bologna, June 29, 2023, Factors Influencing the Use of Mobile Applications and Services in the Context of Sexual Health

Katarzyna Wac, Jessica Pidoux, Panel 47: Gender, sexuality, and digital media between challenges and reproduction of hegemony https://www.conftool.org/stsitalia2023/sessions.php

• Jessica Pidoux et al., STS Oslo 6th Nordic conference, June 8, 2023, Panel "The promise of (alternative) platforms for (alternative) information infrastructures"

https://www.sv.uio.no/tik/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/2023/nordic-sts/accepted-panels.html
Artist Ariane Loze: art exhibition and performance of an audiovisual production about dating in collaboration with Dating Privacy:

• in Paris 01-23.10.2022 https://www.paris.fr/evenements/renaud-auguste-dormeuil-katinka-bock-isabelle-cornaro-ariane-loze-marie-claire-messouma-manlanbien-26006 and

in Greece at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Athens entitled « Love in times of cold intimacies » https://www.emst.gr/en/exhibitions-en/modern-love

• 02.12.2022, Digital Intimacies – Relational Futures Conference at Macquarie University, Australia on December 1st and 2nd, 2022. "A Comparative Study of Algorithmic-User Classification Practices in Online Dating: A Human-Machine Learning Process."
  

Contact and Online Activity

- E-mail mailto:datingprivacy@personaldata.io
- Twitter @datingprivacy
- Meetings Online [1] Next one on December 9, 2021 at 19h (CET)
- Subscribe to our mailing list via our website https://dating-privacy.hestialabs.org/en/
- Signal Group where you can debate, share knowledge, find help and help others -> Send us an email to join
- Website https://dating-privacy.hestialabs.org/en/
- Github https://github.com/PersonalDataIO/dating-privacy

Before joining please read our Code of Conduct [2] available at the bottom of this wiki.

Our collective is dedicated to providing a safe, friendly, respectful, comfortable environment and harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of collective members in any form. Collective members violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the collective at the discretion of the collective's committee.

Latest Dating Privacy News

• Scientific article just published: "A comparative study of algorithmic–user classification practices in online dating: a human–machine learning process" by Jessica Pidoux https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2022.2104352
  
• 07.07.2022 NORRAG’s first Policy Insights collection, published on Thursday 7 July 2022. NORRAG shares innovative and critical perspectives on the digitalisation of #education from experts in a wide range of disciplines and draws out learning for international education policy makers and practitioners. See the contribution of Jessica Pidoux and Paul-Olivier Dehaye on page 20 "THE VALUE AND DRAWBACKS OF #DATA POWER IN EDUCATION" PersonalData.IO https://resources.norrag.org/resource/view/719/416
  

• Digipower Technical Reports: Understanding Influence and Power in the Data Economy by Pidoux, Jessica; Gursky, Jacob; Bowyer, Alex; Dehaye, Paul-Olivier https://zenodo.org/record/6554156
  

• Digipower Technical Reports: Auditing the Data Economy through Personal Data Access by Bowyer, Alex; Pidoux, Jessica; Gursky, Jacob; Dehaye, Paul-Olivier https://zenodo.org/record/6554178
  
• 06.10.2021 Les experts d’HestiaLabs offrent leurs compétences contre l’exploitation abusive des data https://www.ictjournal.ch/news/2021-10-06/les-experts-dhestialabs-offrent-leurs-competences-contre-lexploitation-abusive-des
  

Mobility and Gig Work where matching also matters

• 14.08.2023, Radar, "Eksperter: Wolt tilbageholder budenes løndata i strid med reglerne" https://radar.dk/artikel/eksperter-wolt-tilbageholder-budenes-loendata-i-strid-med-reglerne?check_logged_in=1
• 27.12.2022,TF1, Interview Jessica Pidoux. Smartphones, ordinateurs : les algorithmes nous contrôlent-ils réellement ? https://www.tf1info.fr/high-tech/video-application-smartphones-ordinateurs-tiktok-instagram-les-algorithmes-nous-controlent-ils-reellement-2243182.html
  
• 18.11.2022, Data power in the gig economy: Interview with data expert Jessica Pidoux https://anchor.fm/ben31163/episodes/Data-power-in-the-gig-economy-Interview-with-data-expert-Jessica-Pidoux-e1qv92b
  
• 17.11.2022, Gig Economy Project – Uber, drivers and data: Can workers build data power? https://braveneweurope.com/uber-drivers-and-data-can-workers-build-data-power
  

• 12.11.2022, Jessica Pidoux in 24heures, Un chauffeur Uber en croisade contre l’algorithme https://www.24heures.ch/un-chauffeur-uber-en-croisade-contre-lalgorithme-803441445314
  
• 09.2022, Because matching algorithms also affect Gig workers we investigate on the gig economy. Check out Transnational Forum on Alternatives to Uberisation at the European Parliament in Brussels https://left.eu/events/transnational-forum-on-alternatives-to-uberisation/ and related news https://braveneweurope.com/brussels-taxis-and-gig-workers-say-no-to-uberisation-in-europe, pictures available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/theleft_eu/sets/72177720301950718/
  

Partners

personaldata.io
MyData Vaud
Hestialabs

Recommended practices

1/ Start requesting your data via this link https://labs.letemps.ch/interactive/2020/demander-ses-donnees/ - Type in the box the dating app name you use
- Copy-paste the message and email address
- Send it and wait for your file

Why we should all request our personal data https://hestialabs.org/en/blog/editorial/ask-for-your-data/

2/ Already requested your data and received a file? Contribute with the wiki and map what your dating app collects: https://wiki.personaldata.io/wiki/Item:Q3569
3/ Are you an Android phone user? Download Exodus Privacy helps you to know which trackers and permissions are embedded in dating apps installed on your device.
4/ Configure your privacy settings on your dating app.
5/ Check out Mozilla privacy test on different dating apps
6/ Request deleting your data on a dating app when you stop using the app via the settings or sending an email. It is not enough to uninstall the app

Problems Identified

APP

1. Subscription rates change according to user demographic characteristics (ex. age on Tinder, sex on Hinge). Prices are invisible outside the app
   
2. Sharing personal data with third parties which is not necessary for the app functioning (ex. for advertisement, see The Grindr case study) and for other purposes unknown (ex. the muslim app providing data to the american army)
   
3. Background geolocation when the app is closed
   
4. Automatic subscription renewal without notification, when there is a problem you have to contact the headquarter in another country
5. Fake profiles created by the company (ex. ashley madison, Lovoo), buying profiles
   
6. Between 10-20% of users find a partner in France, Switzerland and United States. Do users really get the outcomes they want from the app in exchange for providing their data? Are users retained in the app?
   
7. The app ignores settings for presenting results (ex. show me only women and the user sees men)
   
8. Users are banned without any reason given by the app
   
9. One user said it has zero matches on Tinder
   
10. Data leaks because of security breaches, the app did not protected the data properly
    
11. Blocking or reporting harmful users that appear again in the victim's app results and the company does not provide any solution or justification
    

Other USERS

1. Scams, phishing, fake profiles. Users are affected by malicious user behaviours so how are dating apps moderating this and protecting users via the analysis of their personal data?
   
2. Rape and harassment: when "unmatching" on Tinder, the conversations and the profile are deleted for the victim. The victim loses the data to report, see https://pages.rts.ch/emissions/temps-present/11994345-le-camp-de-la-honte-aux-portes-de-leurope-08-04-2021.html?anchor=12111124#12111124
   

If you had a negative experience on a dating app, do not delete your account, take print screens of any conversation online and save the pictures shared with the person. Make a SAR [3] and contact us to help you recover your personal data if the company does not cooperate with you

Members

1. Jessica Pidoux works on revealing biases in Tinder's secretive matching algorithms.shttps://jessicapidoux.info/ Pidoux
   
2. Paul-Olivier Dehaye obtained the first personal data file from Tinder along with author Judith Duportail https://bit.ly/3cUOyTB Podehaye
   
3. Marie-Pierre maps the dating app ecosystem and delves into dating app patents Genferei
   
4. Frank has revealed privacy risks on Hinge and is currently being messed around by Hinge, Bumble and Tinder having asked for his data https://bit.ly/2J8mKOo Frandrews
   
5. Judith H. digs into regulation policies and howonline dating interacts with collective practices and communities
   

Ongoing Projects

Description	planning	in progress	complete	who
Create and publish newsletter		x		JP
Q&A for our website		x		JP
Data analysis workshop			x	JP

Want to submit a project? We are open to new ideas! Write us at mailto:datingprivacy@personaldata.io

Dating app list

• Wiki

-->list of dating apps available on this wiki with ranking on apple and Android

• Wikidata https://wikidata.org
  

-->list of dating apps available on wikidata

• Bumble's personal data map viz: https://tinyurl.com/y4t5w48z
  

Top charts

top charts in France https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/france/dating?date=2021-04-23

top charts in CH https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/switzerland/dating?date=2021-04-23

top charts in UK https://sensortower.com/android/rankings/top/phone/great-britain/dating?date=2021-04-23

• Forum https://forum.personaldata.io
  
• Notes https://annuel2.framapad.org/p/dating-data-9kf7 (old notes)
  

Privacy Policies

Links can be found in the wiki

Princeton-Leuven Longitudinal Corpus of Privacy Policies. Front-end here: https://privacypolicies.cs.princeton.edu/ghfront/ and the repository here: https://github.com/citp/privacy-policy-historical

Advertisement third parties

“Out Of Control” – A Review Of Data Sharing By Popular Mobile Apps published in January 2020
see Technical report https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mnemonic-security-test-report-v1.0.pdf
report https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-01-14-out-of-control-final-version.pdf
Complaint letters https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/complaints-against-grindr-and-five-third-party-companies/

PUbMatic
LUMAscape https://www.okanjo.com/blog/2016/12/14/ssp-dsp-dmp-rtb-wtf

Patents

List of Match Group patents: https://policies.tinder.com/intellectual-property/intl/en
Tinder Patents:

  number={US20160154569 A1},
  author = {Rad, Sean and
            Carrico, Todd M. and
            Hoskins, Kenneth B and
            Stone, James C.},
  url = {https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=20160602&CC=US&NR=2016154569A1&KC=A1#}, 
  title = {Matching Process System And Method}, 

  number={US9733811B2},
  author = {Carrico, Todd M. and
            Hoskins, Kenneth B and
            Rad, Sean and
            Stone, James C. and
            Badeen, Jonathan},
  url = {https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/050234419/publication/US10203854B2?q=pn\%3DUS10203854B2}, 
  title = {Matching Process System And Method},

Match Group
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK 
https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2020137019A1&KC=A1&FT=D&DB=en.worldwide.espacenet.com&locale=en_EP&date=20200430&rss=true#

Hinge: Brevet publié en 2013 puis abandonné, jamais délivré. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=2013066972A1&KC=A1&FT=D&ND=3&date=20130314&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP#

Facebook Dating: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/searchResults?submitted=true&locale=en_EP&DB=en.worldwide.espacenet.com&ST=advanced&EXTFTXT=%22dating+service%22&PN=&AP=&PR=&PD=&PA=facebook&IN=sharp&CPC=&IC=

Online Dating in Audiovisual Media

19.01.2022, France 2 L'amour sous algorithme https://www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-presse/26119382
4 nov 2021, RTS Temps présent Les prédateurs sexuels chassent en ligne https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/12617904
4 janv. 2021 "Amour : la fin de l'engagement ? - Vox Pop - ARTE" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOiaY7PUxz4
1 nov 2018, RTS Temps présent "Arnacoeurs, les escrocs de l'amour en ligne" https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/9963350

Online Dating in Press Media

2022

• September 23, 2022. Tinder a 10 ans : entre fantasmes et “dating fatigue”, que reste-t-il de nos rencontres ? https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-meilleur-des-mondes/tinder-a-10-ans-entre-fantasmes-et-dating-fatigue-que-reste-t-il-de-nos-rencontres-1311187
• September 15, 2022. Femtech, taboo-breaking innovations https://longread.epfl.ch/en/dossier/femtech-taboo-breaking-innovations/
• September 14, 2022. Pourquoi les lesbiennes se retrouvent-elles à swiper des profils d'hommes hétérosexuels sur Tinder ? https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/web/3349455-20220914-pourquoi-lesbiennes-retrouvent-elles-swiper-profils-hommes-heterosexuels-tinder
• September 12, 2022. Tinder a 10 ans : comment le « swipe » de l’application de rencontre a conquis la planète https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2022/09/12/tinder-a-10-ans-comment-le-swipe-de-l-application-de-rencontre-a-conquis-la-planete_6141203_4408996.html
• August 23, 2022. Infographic Timeline: 10 Years of Tinder https://www.visualcapitalist.com/infographic-timeline-10-years-of-tinder/
• Aug 3, 2022. Tinder steps back from metaverse dating plans as business falters https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/3/23290152/tinder-metaverse-tinderverse-coins-disappointing-earnings
  
• 22 July, 2022. Tinder: Women's safety now at the heart of the app https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-62206485
  
• 26.02.2022 « Je préfère ne pas faire de rencontre que de passer par ces applis » : ils ont la vingtaine et ont quitté Tinder https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/article/2022/02/26/je-prefere-ne-pas-faire-de-rencontre-que-de-passer-par-ces-applis-ils-ont-la-vingtaine-et-ont-quitte-tinder_6115300_4500055.html#xtor=AL-32280270-[default]-[android]
  
• 25.02.2022, "Des soldats russes tentent de matcher avec des Ukrainiennes sur Tinder" https://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/article/des-soldats-russes-tentent-de-matcher-avec-des-ukrainiennes-sur-tinder
  
• Feb. 21, 2022, "Crypto Scammers’ New Target: Dating Apps: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/21/technology/crypto-scammers-new-target-dating-apps.htmlbr>
  

2021

• August 17 "Tinder vérifiera bientôt l’identité de ses utilisateurs" https://www.igen.fr/app-store/2021/08/tinder-verifiera-bientot-lidentite-de-ses-utilisateurs-124557
  
• July 27 "Location-based apps (Grindr) pose security risk for Holy See" https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/location-based-apps-pose-security
  
• July 20, "Pillar Investigates: USCCB gen sec Burrill resigns after sexual misconduct allegations" https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/pillar-investigates-usccb-gen-sec
  
• July 24 "A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then it outed a priest using Grindr data." https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/catholic-priest-grindr-pillar/2021/07/24/b2772f02-ecb6-11eb-8950-d73b3e93ff7f_story.html
  
• Jun 17, 2021 Match Group Closes Acquisition of Hyperconnect https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/match-group-closes-acquisition-of-hyperconnect-301314582.html
  
• June Apps de rencontre et données personnelles : « c’est un match ! » https://linc.cnil.fr/apps-de-rencontre-et-donnees-personnelles-cest-un-match
  
• 2021, ""Grindr" to be fined almost € 10 Mio over GDPR complaint. The Gay Dating App was illegally sharing sensitive data of millions of users." https://noyb.eu/en/gay-dating-app-grindr-be-fined-almost-eu-10-mio
  

2020

• April 2020, "Lesbian, gay and bisexual online daters report positive experiences – but also harassment" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/09/lesbian-gay-and-bisexual-online-daters-report-positive-experiences-but-also-harassment/
  
• March 2020, "Young women often face sexual harassment online – including on dating sites and apps" https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/06/young-women-often-face-sexual-harassment-online-including-on-dating-sites-and-apps/
  
• June 2020, "Exclusive: Winning bidder for Grindr has ties to Chinese owner" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-sanvicente-exclusive-idUSKBN2391AI
  
• November 2020, "Signalement, règles, chat vidéo… Tinder met le paquet sur la sécurité de ses « matches »" https://www.frandroid.com/android/applications/802475_signalement-regles-chat-video-tinder-met-le-paquet-sur-la-securite-de-ses-matches
  
• October 2, 2020, Tinder Is the Latest Social Media Battleground in Thai Protests https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/10/02/tinder-is-the-latest-social-media-battleground-in-thai-protests/
  
• April 6, 2020, Phone tracking is having a moment, but gay dating app Scruff wants no part of it https://www.protocol.com/scruff-rejects-selling-location-data
  
• Aug 11, 2020, Tinder slammed over mysterious premium pricing, transparency and data use concerns https://mashable.com/article/tinder-plus-different-prices-age-discrimination/?europe=true
  
• Aug , 2020 Jessica Pidoux ou les mysteres des algorithmes de Tinder https://open.spotify.com/episode/2j1Hl7UFS7QVdLvHNy936v?si=e3d40222668d480a&nd=1
• January 2020, "Tinder intègre un bouton d'appel d'urgence" https://www.generation-nt.com/tinder-bouton-appel-urgence-securite-moonlight-match-group-actualite-1972447.html
  
• January 2020, 70,000 Tinder Photos of Women Just Got Dumped on a Cyber-Crime Forum https://gizmodo.com/70-000-tinder-photos-of-women-just-got-dumped-on-a-cybe-1841043456
  

2019

• OK Cupid blog archive https://web.archive.org/web/20190212000843if_/https://www.reddit.com/r/gwern/comments/aapn1l/okcupid_blog_archives/
  

2018

• Nov 2018, "John Patterson, l’homme qui inventa la machine à rencontres amoureuses" https://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2018/11/02/john-patterson-l-homme-qui-inventa-la-machine-a-rencontres-amoureuses_5377755_4497186.html
  
• August 2018, "Selon une étude Sites de rencontre : comment fonctionne la hiérarchie de la «désirabilité» ?" https://www.liberation.fr/sciences/2018/08/22/sites-de-rencontre-comment-fonctionne-la-hierarchie-de-la-desirabilite_1673893/
• February 12, 2018, Love at first swipe, What happens to your data when you look for love, Lunchtime conference of European Data Protection Supervisor trainees, Brussels https://youtu.be/9XJWtFhtWd8
  

2017

• Feb 2017, "Sites de rencontres, des relations (plus) humaines" et les matchmakers https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wC8Ik1RSXf4J:https://www.lenouveleconomiste.fr/dossier-art-de-vivre/sites-de-rencontres-des-relations-plus-humaines-33877
  
• March 8, 2017, Tinder Select: You’re Not Cool Enough To Get the Secret Version of Tinder https://fortune.com/2017/03/08/tinder-select-exclusive-members/
  
• April 2017, "Dans le laboratoire de la «fake science» [...] le Danois Emil Kirkegaard, nouvelle coqueluche de l'extrême droite" https://www.letemps.ch/sciences/laboratoire-fake-science
  
• Live streaming drives growth in chinese dating app momo (2017) https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/09/momo-live-streaming/
  
• July 17, 2017, Match Group appoints global head of privacy in Paris https://iapp.org/news/a/match-group-appoints-global-head-of-privacy-in-paris/
  
• May 16, 2017, Why we need a dating app that understands Nash’s equilibrium https://hackernoon.com/why-we-need-a-dating-app-that-understands-nashs-equilibrium-2dc4a862b47e
  

2016

• 2016, "What Tinder and Halo Have in Common" https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/01/how-tinder-matchmaking-is-like-warcraft/424350/
  
• Top iOS dating apps are exposing your personal life to hackers https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-dating-apps-exposing-your-personal-life-to-hackers
  
• Investidating: why deep photo analysis has become part of online hook-ups https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/05/tinder-online-dating-apps-photos
  
• How algorithms on dating apps are contributing to racism in our love lives https://officialfamemagazine.com/2020/06/28/how-algorithms-on-dating-apps-are-contributing-to-racism-in-our-love-lives/
  
• Blinq dating app uses AI to judge hotness https://techcrunch.com/2016/01/11/blinq-dating-app-uses-ai-to-judge-hotness/
  

to organize by date

• Tinder Elo Score: https://www.fastcompany.com/3054871/whats-your-tinder-score-inside-the-apps-internal-ranking-system
  
• Irish Data Protection Commission: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/data-protection-commission-launches-statutory-inquiry-mtch-technology-services-limited-tinder
  
• Tinder and GDPR Paul-Olivier D. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/27/tinder-data-privacy-tech-eu-general-data-protection-regulation
  
• Match Group financial report: https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2020/q1/MTCH-1Q-2020-Earnings-Release_Final.pdf
  
• Gillette study on Tinder: https://web.archive.org/web/20150323010313/http://shavetest.com/
  
• https://youtu.be/HSYaRgKYeek
  
• https://www.esquire.com/style/grooming/a32478/women-on-tinder-dont-like-beards-020514/
  
• Data privacy "Five Reasons You Should Delete Hinge" https://bit.ly/2J8mKOo
  
• How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from dating apps like Mingle https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x
  
• Video integration on Hinge "Seeking a Partner for the End of the World" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/style/cuffing-season.html
  
• Fake profiles in online dating "Online-Dating: Auf diesen Portalen flirten Fake-Profile" https://www.verbraucherzentrale.de/wissen/digitale-welt/onlinedienste/onlinedating-auf-diesen-portalen-flirten-fakeprofile-21848
  
• MENSTRUAPPS – How to turn your period into money (for others) https://chupadados.codingrights.org/en/menstruapps-como-transformar-sua-menstruacao-em-dinheiro-para-os-outros/
  
• "Tinder lance son chat vidéo. Quid de la modération ?" https://siecledigital.fr/2020/07/09/tinder-chat-video-moderation/
  
• "Après huit mois de retard, le service de rencontres de Facebook arrive en France" https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2020/10/22/apres-huit-mois-de-retard-le-service-de-rencontres-de-facebook-arrive-en-france_6056968_4408996.html
  
• "Tesla owners looking for love can now join a dating network exclusively for 'like-minded Elon stans'" https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-dating-app-owners-only-car-obsessed-elon-musk-stans-2020-8?r=US&IR=T
  
• "We do not believe in algorithms: Happn CEO" https://www.cnbc.com/video/2016/10/05/we-do-not-believe-in-algorithms-happn-ceo.html?__source=sharebar%7Clinkedin&par=sharebar
  
• Video documentary: How dating turns into business.... "Chat moderators" are employees with fake profiles replying 24/7 to users who pay per message and believe they are writing to "potential partners" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tttHVfn_joo&feature=share
  
• Judith Duportail article "I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dating-app-messages-hacked-sold?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=245390&subid=20455723&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
  
• Emmanuel Kessous, sociologue du numérique "La vie privée dans l'économie numérique. Une approche par les usages" https://www.slideshare.net/lpg/la-vie-prive-dans-lconomie-numrique-une-approche-par-les-usages
  
• Coffee Meets Bagel dating app "trying to end #ghosting" by showing user activity stats! http://engt.co/2ngTA2u
  
• How To Get A Match, According to Tinder’s Sociologist https://www.fastcompany.com/3062454/how-to-get-a-match-according-to-tinders-sociologist
  
• Intéressant car il existe aussi Pokémon GO Dating "« Pokémon Go » : les multiples facteurs des inégalités géographiques" https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2016/08/03/pokemon-go-les-multiples-facteurs-des-inegalites-geographiques_4977738_4408996.html
  

• How I [engineer] Decide Who Gets Banned on OkCupid https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/banned-from-okcupid-sexting-moderation.html
  
• OkCupid inferences: The 8 Personalities You’ll Meet When Dating in the U.S. https://theblog.okcupid.com/the-8-personalities-youll-meet-when-dating-in-the-u-s-9d87a5a40274#db60
  

Dating Privacy- Jessica Pidoux in Media

2024

• 11.03.2024 Wiener Zeitung GmbH, Ausgetindert: Warum Datingapps nicht mehr cool sind https://www.wienerzeitung.at/a/ausgetindert-warum-datingapps-nicht-mehr-cool-sind
  

2023

• 29.12.2023 FranceTVinfo, "Comment Tinder et les autres applications de rencontre choisissent pour vous qui vous aimez (et en profitent pour aspirer vos données)" https://www.francetvinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-fil-des-reseaux/comment-tinder-et-les-autres-applications-de-rencontre-choisissent-pour-vous-qui-vous-aimez-et-en-profitent-pour-aspirer-vos-donnees_6260469.html#xtor=CS2-765-[autres]-
  
• 05.07.2023 Die Zeit, "Die App weiß, ob man die Nacht zusammen verbracht hat" https://www.zeit.de/campus/2023/04/dating-apps-algorithmen-nutzerverhalten-datenschutz
  
• 04.03.2023 CNET, Tinder : pourquoi la célèbre application de rencontres n’attire plus les jeunes https://www.cnetfrance.fr/news/tinder-pourquoi-la-celebre-application-de-rencontres-n-attire-plus-les-jeunes-39954764.htm
  
• 08.02.2023 Die Furche, Jessica Pidoux: „Patriarchale Dating-Apps" am Valentinstag https://www.furche.at/gesellschaft/jessica-pidoux-patriarchale-dating-apps-am-valentinstag-10319622
  
• 06.01.2023 sueddeutsche, »Haarlänge, Brustgröße und Gewicht stehen im Vordergrund« https://sz-magazin.sueddeutsche.de/liebe-und-partnerschaft/tinder-bumble-algorithmus-austricksen-92289?reduced=true
  

2022

• 27.12.2022 TF1 JT, Smartphones, ordinateurs : les algorithmes nous contrôlent-ils réellement ? https://www.tf1info.fr/high-tech/video-application-smartphones-ordinateurs-tiktok-instagram-les-algorithmes-nous-controlent-ils-reellement-2243182.html
• 09.12.2022 Journal de montréal, Des femmes dégoûtées par la violence des réseaux de rencontre https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/12/09/decouragees-de-la-violence-sur-les-applications-de-rencontre
• 01.12.2022 Horizons, "Love me Tinder. Les couples qui se sont connus via une app de rencontre veulent rapidement vivre ensemble et devenir parents. Des études sur l’amour à l’ère des rencontres en ligne ébranlent les préjugés." https://www.revue-horizons.ch/2022/12/01/love-me-tinder/
  
• 26.10.2022 Les relations amoureuses à l'ère des applications de rencontre https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/c-est-la-vie/les-relations-amoureuses-a-l-ere-des-applications-de-rencontre
  
• 03.10.2022 Ariane Loze film at les indiscrets du 3 octobre 2022 https://www.petitweb.fr/indiscrets/les-indiscrets-du-3-octobre-2022/
  
• 29.09.2022 RTS Podcast Le Point J, Faut-il quitter Tinder? https://open.spotify.com/episode/1buT5Wa8ToLK3rg7lRmSfW?si=wgYtKlZfTH6BYcTrlT5f7A
  
• 23.09.2022 Radio France https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-meilleur-des-mondes/tinder-a-10-ans-entre-fantasmes-et-dating-fatigue-que-reste-t-il-de-nos-rencontres-1311187
  
• Femtech https://longread.epfl.ch/en/dossier/femtech-taboo-breaking-innovations/
  
• 14/09/22. Pourquoi les lesbiennes se retrouvent-elles à swiper des profils d'hommes hétérosexuels sur Tinder ? https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/web/3349455-20220914-pourquoi-lesbiennes-retrouvent-elles-swiper-profils-hommes-heterosexuels-tinder
  
• 12 septembre 2022. Tinder a 10 ans : comment le « swipe » de l’application de rencontre a conquis la planète https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2022/09/12/tinder-a-10-ans-comment-le-swipe-de-l-application-de-rencontre-a-conquis-la-planete_6141203_4408996.html
  
• September 2022. L'application de rencontres Tinder a 10 ans, pour le meilleur et pour le pire en terme de relations - 19h30 https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/13360844
  
• June 2022. Capsules vidéo genre et numérique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvqNyE9AVDM
  
• 23.05.2022. arte, Europe at a Crossroads. Digital Transformation, https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/098069-005-A/europe-at-a-crossroads/
  
• April 2022. The art of seducing dating app algorithms. Podcast with Jessica Pidoux and Laurie Dutheil, founder of A Glorious Day For Love and coach in dating apps. Listen to the UX research geeks podcast hosted by researcher and strategist Tina Ličková https://www.uxtweak.com/podcast/
  
• April 2022. Contribution to the script of « Our banquet » a theatrical performance on how data shapes love and everyday life in society by artist Ariane Loze At Wallonie-Bruxelles Center in Paris https://cwb.fr/agenda/notre-banquet-ariane-loze, along with an art exhibition and performance of an audiovisual production in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Athens entitled « Love in times of cold intimacies ».
  
• 20.04.2022. L'illustré "FemTech, quand l’innovation s’intéresse (enfin) aux femmes" https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/femtech-quand-linnovation-sinteresse-enfin-aux-femmes Par Mehdi Atmani
  
• 30.02.2022 "Elyze, le Tinder de l'apolitique" https://www.arretsurimages.net/chroniques/clic-gauche/elyze-le-tinder-de-lapolitique
  

2021

• 30.12.2021 RTS, "On en parle" sur le sujet Série "Empreinte et emprise des réseaux sociaux" (4/5): les applications de rencontre. https://www.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/on-en-parle/12724161-serie-empreinte-et-emprise-des-reseaux-sociaux-45-les-applications-de-rencontre-30-12-2021.html?mediaShare=1
  
• 30.12.2021, The Conversation, « Concevoir des applications informatiques respectueuses des humains » https://theconversation.com/concevoir-des-applications-informatiques-respectueuses-des-humains-161950
  
• La Joliette https://www.arcinfo.ch/neuchatel-canton/littoral/neuchatel-commune/neuchatel-ville/un-magazine-inclusif-local-et-artistique-realise-a-neuchatel-1135598
  
• Others: journal frontalier
  
• 01.12.2021 CNET France "Sites et applications de rencontre : comment les rendre moins sexistes et inégalitaires ?" Par Fabien Soyez https://www.cnetfrance.fr/news/sites-et-applications-de-rencontre-comment-les-rendre-moins-sexistes-et-inegalitaires-39933209.htm
  
• 29.11.2021 La Ligne de cœur, une émission de la Première, interview du 22h43 https://pages.rts.ch/la-1ere/programmes/la-ligne-de-coeur/29-11-2021
  
• 19.10.2021 "Comment éviter les mauvaises rencontres sur les applications" https://www.ledauphine.com/magazine-lifestyle/2021/10/19/comment-eviter-les-mauvaises-rencontres-sur-les-applications
  
• 05.10.2021, Vos données personnelles valent de l'or - Récupérez-les ! https://digitaltag.swiss/fr/programm/recuperer-donnees-personnelles-construire-nouveau-monde-digital/
  
• 5.10.2021, RTS ABE, "L'amour à tout prix" https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/a-bon-entendeur/video/sites-de-rencontre--lamour-a-tous-prix?urn=urn:rts:video:12545127
  
• October 2021, Usbek & Rica, printed "Hasard et destin : it’s a match !"
  
• 8.10.2021 Travail de mémoire: Teaser - Tinder, feu aux poudres ou poudre aux yeux ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoZr7s_6ZeU
  
• Sept 2021 Les applis de rencontres en ligne révèlent un paradoxe https://actu.epfl.ch/news/les-applis-de-rencontres-en-ligne-revelent-un-para/
  
• Sept 2021 Pour Jessica, Tinder n’a plus aucun secret… ou presque https://www.lemessager.fr/16823/article/2020-12-09/pour-jessica-tinder-n-plus-aucun-secret-ou-presque
  
• 13.08.2021 Le débat - La vaccination devient-elle un critère de séduction? Olivier Glassey | UNIL, Jessica Pidoux | EPFL, Forum https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/13490
  
• 9.07.2021 VIVRE- Algorithmes et expériences vivantes au Festival de la Cité https://osm.org/go/0CSOeuGN?relation=4649694
  
• “HestiaLabs is a technical and legal support for our collective”, explains Jessica Pidoux https://hestialabs.org/en/blog/editorial/hestialabs-is-a-technical-and-legal-support-for-our-collective-explains-jessica-pidoux/
  
• 22.03.2021 Tinder, l'application la plus téléchargée dans le monde Jessica Pidoux | EPFL TTC https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/12915
  
• 13.02.2021. RTBF "Pourquoi les algorithmes des applications de rencontre sont-ils pervers ?" Par L'internet show https://www.rtbf.be/article/pourquoi-les-algorithmes-des-applications-de-rencontre-sont-ils-pervers-10696047
  
• 19.01.2021. Le 19h30, Plus sérieux qu'on les imagine, les amours 2.0 ne sont pas que batifolage, Jessica Pidoux | EPFL, Gina Potarca | UNIGE, https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/12599
  

Earlier

• 03 06 2020 Tinder, dans le ventre de lʹappli Jessica Pidoux | EPFL, Vacarme https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/11419
  
• 17 05 2019 Les dessous de l'algorithme de Tinder https://avisdexperts.ch/videos/view/9862/2
  
• Jessica Pidoux, l’algorithme de Tinder dans la peau https://www.letemps.ch/societe/jessica-pidoux-lalgorithme-tinder-peau
  
• Data privacy "Five Reasons You Should Delete Hinge" https://bit.ly/2J8mKOo
  

Dating Privacy- Jessica Pidoux in Events and Conferences

2022

• 29.11.2022 Edgelands Institute, Geneva, Expert presentation: Art, Digital Activism, Digitalization of Security, and the Social Contract https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb4P395PJqY
  
• 22.11.2022 18h30-20h « Toute une vie digitalisée : amour, sexualité, maternité », cycle de conférences "L'IA changera-t-elle nos vies?" - Musée de la main UNIL-CHUV https://www.museedelamain.ch/fr/100/a-faire
  
• 31.10.2022 Gig Drivers and the Platform Economy: Using Data Rights to Achieve Self-Determination. Reimagining Platforms, University of Edinburgh https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/reimagining/
  
• 18-20.10.2022 Future Digileaders ’22 https://www.digitalfutures.kth.se/news/future-digileaders-2022/
  
• 29-30.09.2022 Riders' Collective conference and workshop in Austria, Vienna https://www.riderscollective.at/ffk22
  
• 8-9.09.2022 Workshop-Discussion Your Personal Data, Your Life… Take control!
  

8.09.2022 | 14:00-15:00 | Bâtiment C, 2ème étage, salle C20.22
You might say “I know Google, Tinder and my fertility app collect my data”
You might think “I have nothing to hide!”
But are you sure? These companies are very opaque and the data economy is very complex.
Do you know how your personal data is used to influence your behaviour ?
https://wp.unil.ch/genre-numerique/discussions-thematiques/
Roundtable Digitized intimacies: how gender and sexuality are shaped by algorithms and personal data collection processes
9.09.2022 | 10:45-11:45 | Bâtiment A, sous-sol, auditoire E.Gremaud
https://wp.unil.ch/genre-numerique/discussions-plenieres/

• 22.06.2022 "Freemium Dating Apps: Risks and Opportunities for Dating in the Digital Age – Big stage"

Jessica Pidoux will be discussing about dating apps at the European Dialogue on Internet Governance (EuroDIG): an open multi-stakeholder platform to exchange views about the Internet and how it is governed registration link: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/eurodig-2022-programme/ programme https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Freemium_Dating_Apps:_Risks_and_Opportunities_for_Dating_in_the_Digital_Age_%E2%80%93_Bigstage_04_2022

• 15.06.2022 Keynote at Digital Humanities Conference in Rome https://dh-ch.ch/dhch-isr/22/speakers.html presentation available at https://zenodo.org/record/6645051
  
• 16-17.06.2022 Chair roundtable "Legitimacy" at workshop on "Governing Digital Knowledge Infrastructures" https://memento.epfl.ch/event/sustaining-knowledge-and-its-infrastructure-digita/
  
• 22.05.2022 à 10h00, Philo aux Bains à Genève. La face cachée des applications de rencontre avec Jessica Pidoux https://www.bains-des-paquis.ch/agenda/philo-aux-bains-1 vidéo disponible ici https://fr-fr.facebook.com/bainsdespaquis/videos/1025493251505521/
  
• 06.05.2022 à 13h conférence de Jessica Pidoux à Lyon: Exit, association LGBTQ+ de l’école d’ingénierie INSA Lyon, créé cette année son premier festival queer, la Semaine des Arts & Sciences Queer https://sassqueer.fr/ -

diffusion sur twitch https://www.twitch.tv/nextgaymeroff vidéo disponible ici https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1476481408

• 30.03.2022 Information Security and Personal Data Protection: Panel Discussion at Applied machine learning days EPFL 2020, Jessica Pidoux, Paul-Olivier Dehaye and Hannes Grassegger, hosted by Mirko Bischofberger https://appliedmldays.org/events/amld-epfl-2022/talks/information-security-and-personal-data-protection-panel-discussion
  
• 17.03.2022 Governance by infrastructure, event page https://www.infoclio.ch/fr/governance-infrastructure, video available at https://rec.unil.ch/permalink/v1263e979ba46seujk50/iframe/, FNS fund https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/207196
  
• 14.03.2022 : Journée "Matching Love: subvertir et reproduire les normes de genre et de sexualités. Enjeux méthodologiques et féministes" *, avec Fred Pailler, sociologue, Post Doc, Université de Luxembourg, Jessica Pidoux, sociologue, Post Doc, Sciences Po, Paris, Marie Bersgtröm, Chargée de recherche à l'INED, Paris https://www.unige.ch/etudes-genre/fr/conferences-et-colloques/cycle-de-conferences-publiques/cycle-de-conferences-2021-2022/?surveySuccess=1&qsid=1631718578
  
• 10.03.2022 MetSem séminaire méthodologique https://dhcenter-unil-epfl.ch/en/event/jessica-pidoux-est-linvitee-du-prochain-seminaire-methodologie-de-sciencespo/, video available at https://dating-privacy.hestialabs.org/en/blog/editorial/comparative-analysis-of-online-dating-practices/
  
• 9.03.2022, CNIL, Données personnelles et action collective avec PersonalData.IO et Hestia.AI par Jessica Pidoux et Paul-Olivier Dehaye, voir rapport "Faire d’un droit individuel un sujet collectif : rencontres entre la société civile et la CNIL autour de la protection des données" https://www.cnil.fr/fr/faire-dun-droit-individuel-un-sujet-collectif-rencontres-entre-la-societe-civile-et-la-cnil-autour (Sept. 2022)
  
• 10.02.2022, online "The Dating Market: Programming User Attention and Interaction". Registration at https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/uxrgzh/events/283569464/ organized by UX Research Guild Zurich, video available at https://dating-privacy.hestialabs.org/en/blog/editorial/dating-market/
  
• 19.01.2022, CNIL, Données personnelles et action collective avec PersonalData.IO et Hestia.AI par Jessica Pidoux et Marie-Pierre V.
  
• 01.02.2022 (Paris) "Internet dans le boudoir, bArTeC" en préparation de la Valentin ce , à La Gaîté Lyrique https://eur-artec.fr/evenements/internet-dans-le-boudoir-bartec/ une discussion avec Judith Duportail, Adrien Péquignot et Jessica Pidoux, audio enregistré disponible sur https://soundcloud.com/user-30634948/bartec-internet-dans-le-boudoir-1
  

2021

• 30.11.2021 Bureau de l'Egalité, EPFL: CONTINUUM - Online Conference: “How We’ve Taught Algorithms to See Identity” https://memento.epfl.ch/event/continuum-online-conference-how-weve-taught-algo-2/
  
• 1.11.2021 "En quête des données personnelles, recherche et activisme", UNIGE, Dr. Jessica Pidoux, Chercheuse post-doctorale à SciencesPo et directrice de PersonalData.IO, Dr. Paul-Olivier Dehaye, CEO et fondateur, HestiaLabs https://cui.unige.ch/fr/nouvelles/selectedtopics20211101/
  
• Oct 2021 Unconference Digital Criticism / Critique Digitale / Digitale Kritik https://critique-digitale.ch/#programme Funded by: the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences and the dhCenter UNIL-EPFL. Report available at https://critique-digitale.ch/downloads/Critique_Digital_UnconferenceReportJan2022.pdf
  
• EY online conference about data power (link to add)
  
• "The metrics of online dating. A sociological study of matching algorithms ". Organisé par Bern Meetup.

Date: 20 avril 2021, de 18:00 à 20:00 UTC+2 - En ligne https://www.meetup.com/fr-FR/UX-Schweiz-Meetup-Bern/events/276247238/

• 27 September 2021. Conference Track: Participatory Evaluation in Citizen Science - 1st Global Transdisciplinarity Conference 2021. "Cooperation Analytics Measuring the quality of collaborations" Jessica Pidoux et Alessia Smaniotto
  

Studies conducted scrapping dating app profiles

• Emil Kirkegaard. The OKCupid dataset: A very largepublic dataset of dating site users: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emil_O_W_Kirkegaard/project/The-OKCupid-dataset-A-very-large-public-dataset-of-dating-site-users/attachment/573b1d7e08aea7adff2f3c8d/AS:362725751443460@1463491966863/download/paper.pdf?context=ProjectUpdatesLog
  
• Konsinski.DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSCAN DETECT SEXUAL ORIENTATION FROM FACES: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/sites/gsb/files/publication-pdf/wang_kosinski.pdf
  
• John Leuner, a master’s student studying information technology at South Africa's University of Pretoria, attempted to reproduce the aforementioned study. The infamous AI gaydar study was repeated – and, no, code can't tell if you're straight or not just from your face: https://www.theregister.com/2019/03/05/ai_gaydar/
  
• Gareth Tyson, Vasile C. Perta, Hamed Haddadi, Michael C. Seto, A First Look at User Activity on Tinder http://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01952
  
• Charles F. Jekel (cjekel@ufl.edu; cj@jekel.me) and Raphael T. Haftka, CLASSIFYING ONLINE DATING PROFILES ON TINDER USING FACENET FACIAL EMBEDDINGS http://arxiv.org/abs/1803.04347
  

Legal

Tinder Annual report: Tinder on-going accusations. The Irish DPC case, also prices can vary according to users' age https://s22.q4cdn.com/279430125/files/doc_financials/2019/ar/Match-Group-2019-Annual-Report.pdf
My GDPR Complaint Against Tinder https://forum.personaldata.io/t/my-gdpr-complaint-against-tinder/70
Data Protection Commission launches Statutory Inquiry into MTCH Technology Services Limited (Tinder) https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/latest-news/data-protection-commission-launches-statutory-inquiry-mtch-technology

Data leaks and media scandals

Ashley Madison
Ashley Madison Leak No Big Deal? Think Again https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/priority-ashley-madison-leak-no-big-deal-think/
Les résultats de Grindr révélés grâce au scandale Ashley Madison "Grindr a eu des revenus résultant à la fois des abonnements et de la publicité de près de 16 millions de dollars en 2012" https://www.fugues.com/243577-article-les-resultats-de-grindr-reveles-grace-au-scandale-ashley-madison.html

OkCupid:
Here is a mirror for the OKCupid OSF Emil Kirkegaard dataset https://www.reddit.com/r/datasets/comments/4jj53i/here_is_a_mirror_for_the_okcupid_osf_emil/
Researchers Caused an Uproar By Publishing Data From 70,000 OkCupid Users https://fortune.com/2016/05/18/okcupid-data-research/
Controversy over OKCupid keynote at CHI 2018 https://www.reddit.com/r/sciences/comments/8edxm3/controversy_over_okcupid_keynote_at_chi_2018/

Grindr:
Données privées : le site de rencontres Grindr mis en cause https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/04/03/donnees-privees-le-site-de-rencontres-grindr-mis-en-cause_5279794_4408996.html

Lovoo
LOVOO’s CEO Benjamin Bak resigns https://inside.lovoo.com/en/lovoos-ceo-benjamin-bak-resigns-2/

happn
En détournant l’app Happn, un hacker peut tracer votre chemin en temps réel https://cyberguerre.numerama.com/5827-en-detournant-lapp-happn-un-hacker-peut-tracer-votre-chemin-en-temps-reel.html

MobiFiends Barcelona Based dating app, user data breach https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/data-breach-exposes-four-million/

coffee meets Bagel 2019,Happy Valentine’s Day: your dating app account was hacked, says Coffee Meets Bagel https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/14/happy-valentines-day-your-dating-app-account-was-hacked-says-coffee-meets-bagel/

J crush 2019, Jewish dating app JCrush exposed user data and private messages https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/04/jcrush-exposed-data-messages/

Donal Daters 2018, Donald Daters, a dating app for Trump supporters, leaked its users’ data https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/15/donald-daters-a-dating-app-for-trump-supporters-leaked-its-users-data/

Meet Mindful 2021, Hacker leaks data of 2.28 million dating site users a dating site platform "for people who are into health, well-being, and mindfulness" https://www.zdnet.com/article/hacker-leaks-data-of-2-28-million-dating-site-users/

3somes, CougarD, Gay Daddy Bear, Xpal, BBW Dating, Casualx, SugarD, Herpes Dating 2020, Report: Breach Exposes 100,000+ Users on Niche Dating Apps https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-dating-apps-leak/

Fessées, menottes, bondage : les préférences sexuelles de 20 000 Français fuitent d’un forum Forum "Domi" reportedly related as subsidiary to self claimed fintech group BD Multimedia https://cyberguerre.numerama.com/4925-fessees-menottes-bondage-les-preferences-sexuelles-de-20-000-francais-fuitent-dun-forum.html

Wikipedia source: https://privacy.wiki/Dating_Apps_User_Information_Leaked_Online

References with databases

Rosenfeld, Michael J., Reuben J. Thomas, and Sonia Hausen. 2019 How Couples Meet and Stay Together 2017 fresh sample. [Computer files]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries.
The OKCupid dataset: A very large public dataset of dating site users https://www.researchgate.net/project/The-OKCupid-dataset-A-very-large-public-dataset-of-dating-site-users
- Full paper: https://web.archive.org/web/20200728135539/https://openpsych.net/files/papers/Kirkegaard_2016g.pdf

Surveys

Tinder usage statistics: https://www.businessofapps.com/data/tinder-statistics/\#2
Pew Research Center (Feb 2020): The Virtues and Downsides of Online Dating. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/02/06/the-virtues-and-downsides-of-online-dating/
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (Nov 2019): Families and Generations Survey. Retrieved from https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/fr/home/statistiques/population/enquetes/efg.assetdetail.10467789.html
INED France (2016) https://www.ined.fr/fr/publications/editions/population-et-societes/sites-rencontres-qui-y-trouve-son-conjoint/
Roughly six-in-ten online daters in the U.S. are concerned about data collection (May 29, 2020) https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/29/roughly-six-in-ten-online-daters-in-the-u-s-are-concerned-about-data-collection/
Survey in Germany (2017) https://www.splendid-research.com/de/studie-dating-portale.html

Academic References

2021, Hermine Lacour, Thèse doctorale: Les composants logiciels libres : détermination d’une méthode systématique relative à la distribution de composants, au regard des droits suisse, français et étasunien, https://libra.unine.ch/Publications/47788
2021, Jessica Pidoux, thèse doctorale: Online Dating Quantification Practices: A Human-Machine Learning Process, https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/288400?ln=fr

Technical references

An Evidence‐based Forensic Taxonomy of Windows Phone Dating Apps https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1556-4029.13820
Privacy Risks in Mobile Dating Apps https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02906
Technical report by mnemonic with the Norwegian consummer assoc showing data trading and GDPR compliance coded: https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/mnemonic-security-test-report-v1.0.pdf
Tinder engineering blog: https://medium.com/tinder-engineering/
TinVec explanation by Tinder's Chief Scientist at Machine Learning Conference: https://youtu.be/j2rfLFYYdfM
Happn by exodus: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/com.ftw_and_co.happn/latest/
OkCupid engineering website: Evaluating Perceptual Image Hashes at OkCupid https://tech.okcupid.com/evaluating-perceptual-image-hashes-okcupid/
How OkCupid organizes its multi-page React app https://tech.okcupid.com/how-okcupid-organizes-its-multi-page-react-app/
Lovoo engineering: dotGo 2016: Go machine learning at large scale https://lovoodotblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/01/dotgo-2016-go-machine-learning-at-large-scale/
Lovoo github: https://github.com/lovoo
bbuzz 17: Anti-Spam and Machine learning at LOVOO https://lovoodotblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/bbuzz-17-anti-spam-and-machine-learning-at-lovoo/
Digital methods project "Mapping data ecologies of the dating industry" https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n-p_efBmkK2v1KGCbHyHb_csmR6D7KN8SX3qron9Cn4/edit

Data Literacy & Cooperative Tools

1. DataSkop https://dataskop.net/
   
2. Mozilla reports about fertility apps privacy https://foundation.mozilla.org/fr/privacynotincluded/categories/reproductive-health/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=202208_PNIlaunch&utm_medium=email
   
3. For Hinge data analysis https://hinge.emsanity.com/
   
4. Guidelines for Private Online Searching & Browsing https://chooseprivacyeveryday.org/guidelines-for-private-online-searching-browsing/
   
5. realtalkforchange https://portal.realtalkforchange.org/
   
6. Tracking dick picks https://dickstinction.com/en/
   
7. Pythus: un projet pour analyser les dangers des applications Android https://www.nextinpact.com/article/45976/pithus-projet-pour-analyser-dangers-applications-android
   
8. https://app.quicktype.io/
   
9. https://digitalplatformobservatory.org/lapp-dpo/
   
10. https://graasp.eu/
    
11. https://bevigil.com app metadata, permissions, ...
12. Cookieviz, une dataviz en temps réel du tracking de votre navigation créé par le CNIL https://linc.cnil.fr/fr/cookieviz-une-dataviz-en-temps-reel-du-tracking-de-votre-navigation
    
13. Tools to sample how many apps are in the Google and Play stores: "Google Play Store Scraper" is a simple tool to extract the details of individual apps, collect their related apps, retrieve app permissions, and retrieve a list of apps for a given keyword." https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolDatabase ex:Google Play Store Scraper http://tools.digitalmethods.net/app-scrapers/#/google for login ask MP
    
14. Doc example of how to read data exports https://slack.com/intl/en-ch/help/articles/220556107-How-to-read-Slack-data-exports
    
15. The observatory of anonymity https://cpg.doc.ic.ac.uk/observatory/analyze-your-data
    
16. RDM kit: online guide and tools containing good data management practices applicable to research projects https://rdmkit.elixir-europe.org/all_tools_and_resources.html
    
17. Lookup popular software licenses summarized at-a-glance https://tldrlegal.com/
    
18. http://corrupt.marketing/publishers/grindr.com
    
19. https://app.quicktype.io/
    
20. Outil PIA- CNIL https://www.cnil.fr/fr/outil-pia-telechargez-et-installez-le-logiciel-de-la-cnil
    
21. GDPR Data Portability https://cellar-c2.services.clever-cloud.com/alias-code-is-law-assets/static/report/gdpr_data_portability_the_forgotten_right_report_full.pdf
    
22. APIs and tools to help Developers and DPOs to manage GDPR compliance at scale https://www.alias.dev/
    
23. heroku https://www.heroku.com/
    
24. open humans
    
25. art tools: https://www.brainstore.com/en/tools-summary
    
26. pithus: https://beta.pithus.org/report/226d01d9645270283cfbd056e8021032d06ae29b4212afc81fa5552a133222da
    
27. NYT viz: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/28/world/asia/coronavirus-singapore-migrants.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
    
28. https://fr.openfoodfacts.org
    
29. https://correctiv.org/crowdnewsroom-pro/
    
30. Analyze your hinge data https://hinge.emsanity.com/
    
31. exodus privacy
    
32. algorithmwatch -https://algorithmwatch.org/de/dataskop/
    
33. madada
    
34. https://ucldigitalpress.co.uk/Book/Article/76/100/5736/
    
35. https://www.peren.gouv.fr/projets/
    
36. (In progress) a 1M EU project: https://csi-cop.eu/
    
37. TrackerControl https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kollnig.missioncontrol.play&hl=en_US&gl=US
    
38. Plaintes.ch
    
39. NosLois https://www.sciencespo.fr/fr/actualites/actualit%C3%A9s/a-la-recherche-d-une-democratie-participative-decouvrez-l-application-noslois/6831
    
40. Plateforme PARle - Canada
    
41. Open terms archive : french gov tool - repo of versions of terms of services + notification service https://wiki.personaldata.io/wiki/Item:Q5379
    
42. Facial recognition https://pypi.org/project/face-recognition/
    
43. Tinder bot without collecting personal data: he bot is to automate swipes With a word whitelist and blacklist

He has made a list of keywords that interest him, the bot searches if there is one of the words present in the bio If yes it swipes otherwise it goes into the negative keyword list and if there is one it goes to another https://github.com/Xia0ben/TBot

1. Data schemas by Hestia to show all data collected by apps https://github.com/hestiaAI/data-catalog, check out Grindr data schema rdfshape.herokuapp.com/schemaInfo?schemaURL=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2FhestiaAI%2Fdata-catalog%2Fmain%2Fshex%2Fgrindr.shex&schemaFormat=ShExC&schemaEngine=ShEx
   

Changes to terms of service, cookies and privacy policy

Partnership with OpenTerms Archive https://opentermsarchive.org/en.

This service allows to follow the changes to terms of service, cookies policy, privacy policy,... by being notified whenever a new version is published, and exploring their entire history.

See the different apps available here: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/services-dating

If you want to monitor another dating service, go to https://contribute.opentermsarchive.org/en?destination=OpenTermsArchive/services-dating and fill the URL you want to track

Link to track changes for dating apps

• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main.atom ( a RSS reader is necessary)

For a specific dating app

• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/AdopteUnMec.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Badoo.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/ChristianMingle.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/DisonsDemain.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/eharmony.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Fruitz.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Grindr.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/happn.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/HER.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Hily.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Inshallah.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Jdate.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/LOVOO.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/LoveScout24.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Match.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Meetic.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Mektoube.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/OkCupid.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Parship.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/ROMEO.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Tinder.atom
• https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/versions-dating/commits/main/Zoosk.atom

List of apps for which we have obtained our data after a SAR

App	Female* user	Male* user	Country	file format
Adopteunmec	2	0	CH ; FR	json
Badoo	1	0	CH	json, zip, jpeg, txt
Bumble	1	0	CH	html, zip (il y a quelques années)
happn	1	0	CH	csv, zip, json, audio, photos (jpeg), gz
HER	1	0	CH	different csv.zip, jpeg,
Once	1	0	CH	html, jpeg,
Parship	1	0	CH	pdf, zip, csv, zip, text, photos,
PlanetRomeo	0	1	CH	pdf.zip, json, yaml, jpeg,
Scruff	0	1	CH	zip, ds_file, xml, csv, .md, image,
Grindr	0	1	CH	zip, image,
Tinder	1	1	CH	json, zip, html, jpeg
celibataire.ch	1	0	CH	does not provide a file
WOO	0	0	-

• We make the distiction between female and male users only as the majority of dating apps are designed according to a binary defintion of sex and the gender definitions are limited

Catalog describing data formats: https://github.com/hestiaAI/data-catalog

TO DO

Description	planning	in progress	complete	who
*Map the data ecosystem		x		all
*Next meeting Define the case study with questions we want to analyse			x
*Add downloads per app in the wiki.		x
*Add ranking per app in CH, FR, UK the wiki.		x		J, MP
*Dating app list https://tinyurl.com/goaldatingdata
*Add link to privacy policy		x
*Add examples of silver dating apps (ref Le Monde)		x		MP
*Add examples of community apps		x		MP
*Check if policy documents are the same in different languages FR, EN, ... ( i.e TikTok doesn't)
*Organize media articles per data
*Develop tools for data literacy
*Define the methodology: data protection protocol and data collection and analysis method (EPFL Grasp tool or other?)
*Data analysis	x
*Patent search and analysis				MP?
*Privacy policies analysis
*Email us other ideas you have for contributing		x		all
*Publish launch video		x		J
*Communicate regularly	X			F
*Keep updated mailing list subscribers		x
*Create a website	x
*Document our tests in the apps
*Document SAR procedures	x			H
*Write ethical chart + privacy policy			x	H
Contact sexual victim's associations	x			J
*Check for subcontractors who wiil back-up the data				H

Fundraising

1. EU CITIZEN SCIENCE https://eu-citizen.science/blog/2021/07/19/monthoftheproject-winner-amai/
2. TRUSTS
3. COESO
4. EMILIE GOURD http://www.emiliegourd.ch/demander-un-soutien (limited to 5K)
5. STIFTUNG MERCATOR (DE) https://www.stiftung-mercator.ch/stiftung/f%C3%B6rderung
6. CIVICA https://www.civica.eu/2022-research-call/
7. Data Trusts Initiative
8. CLUSTER EU https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/events/upcoming-events/horizon-europe-info-days/cluster-2_en
9. EU research: https://www.euresearch.ch/
10. EU research and Cluster https://www.euresearch.ch/en/our-services/inform/events/culture-creativity-and-inclusive-society-calls-2022-in-horizon-europe-info-and-brokerage-event-443.html
11. Digital Europe: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/activities/digital-programme
12. COST SNF MAY: https://www.snf.ch/fr/EpxgsoxjZBQv6id1/encouragement/programmes/cost
13. innosuisse, eurostars https://www.innosuisse.ch/inno/en/home/go-global/tenders-overview.html
14. starting grants 2022 https://www.snf.ch/fr/w728UqT1Yw256Mz2/encouragement/snsf-starting-grants-2022 février 2022 "Vous avez au moins 3 ans d’expérience dans la recherche"
15. BRIDGE 6 déc, innovation proof of concept https://www.bridge.ch/fr/pour-les-jeunes-chercheuses-et-chercheurs-proof-of-concept/
16. SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships (SPF) https://www.snf.ch/de/api/media/fr/CJhQjHq9BdUdOrFB/210924_call_document_swiss_postdoctoral_fellowships_en.pdf#page=3
17. AGORA 15 octobre https://www.snf.ch/fr/JnT2xEAERCgO8qQc/encouragement/communication-scientifique/agora
18. Encouragement des projets 1 octobre https://www.snf.ch/fr/WAvYcY7awAUGolST/encouragement/projets/projets-toutes-les-disciplines

Code of Conduct

This code of conduct (coc) is based on Queer code's coc [4] distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. We adapted it to our context and thank Queer code for this work.

A primary goal of all the interactions and messaging groups of our collective Dating Privacy that refer to this Code of Conduct is to be inclusive to the largest number of contributors, with the most varied and diverse backgrounds possible. As such, we are committed to providing a respectful, friendly, safe, comfortable and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, physical appearance, body size, technological choices, lack of scientific or technical knowledge, ability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion (or lack thereof) and other personal conditions and choices.

This Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our collective, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.

We invite all those who participate in our discussions and projects to help us create learning-positive experiences for everyone.

Don’t be scared off by these rules! They are in place to protect us, not to intimidate people from interacting with each other in a positive manner.

This code of conduct is open to any suggestions and criticism: we are happy to improve it.

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2. Exercise consideration and respect in your speech and actions.
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