Kluwer: Swiping Right to Arbitration: An Imperfect Match?

By James Morrison (Peter & Kim) and Thomas Smithurst (Peter & Kim)

Dating apps are now a central part of many people’s lives. Yet many users perhaps overlook that use of this kind of app usually comes with an arbitration agreement. Almost all major dating apps—including Bumble, eHarmony, Grindr, Hinge, Match, OkCupid, Plenty of Fish, and Tinder— incorporate broad arbitration clauses in their terms of service (“TOS”)....