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Jack’d

Jack'd is a dating app built specifically for gay, bisexual, and curious men to connect for everything from hookups to relationships. Since launching in 2010, it's become one of the…

Founded 2011 · 15 years on market

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About Jack’d

Jack’d is a dating app built specifically for gay, bisexual, and curious men to connect for everything from hookups to relationships. Since launching in 2010, it’s become one of the more recognizable names in the LGBTQ+ dating scene, though that journey hasn’t been without bumps—a security hole in 2019 left personal pics exposed, which led to significant privacy concerns in the community. The app got a fresh start when Scruff acquired it in 2019 and committed to beefing up security and privacy features. Since then, Jack’d has worked to rebuild trust while keeping its core focus: helping guys meet other guys for dating, casual encounters, and friendship. It fits into the sexual wellness and intimacy tech space as a platform that facilitates connections and intimate encounters within the LGBTQ+ community, with features like photo sharing, location-based browsing, and direct messaging that make it easier for users to explore their sexuality and find partners.
Archival coverageFirst covered
2 articles 2019–2019 Peak: 2019 (2)

Jack’d

57%

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Privacy deep-dive

In summary

Jack'd's policy collects highly sensitive data (HIV status, health, ethnicity, location history) under broad 'can collect/use/disclose' language with weak purpose limitation. While GDPR/DPF mechanisms and deletion rights exist, vague third-party sharing, public-by-default location, mandatory arbitration, and refusal to honor Do Not Track signals create significant privacy risk for an LGBTQ+ user base.

  • Collects HIV status, health details, ethnicity
  • Tracks geographic location history
  • Does NOT honor Do Not Track signals
  • GDPR/Europe rights documented
  • EU-U.S./Swiss/UK DPF certified

Privacy Concerns

  • High Sensitive HIV/health data treated as auto-consented when voluntarily provided
  • High Privacy settings admittedly cannot prevent determined users from locating you
  • High Sensitive data disclosable to vaguely defined third parties
  • High Mandatory binding arbitration with class-action waiver
  • Medium Location/distance public by default and privacy controls explicitly defeatableUnverified

Privacy Positives

  • High Impact Detailed Europe/GDPR rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability)
  • Medium Impact EU-U.S., UK, Swiss DPF certification for cross-border transfers
  • Medium Impact Dedicated DPO and legal contacts plus version history
  • Medium Impact Pseudonymous profiles (alias/profile name) permitted
  • Medium Impact App-specific deletion and data download links provided

Security Overview

45% Security

Security Headers

HTTPS Secure connection
Pass
HSTS HTTP Strict Transport Security
Pass
CSP Content Security Policy
Fail
X-Frame-Options Clickjacking protection
Fail
X-Content-Type MIME type sniffing protection
Fail
Referrer-Policy Controls referrer information
Fail
Permissions-Policy Browser feature controls
Fail
Mozilla Observatory Grade: C- Scanned: June 4, 2026

From Their Privacy Policy

Direct excerpts from Jack’d's published privacy policyVerified June 4, 2026

While you may voluntarily provide us with sensitive information about yourself such as your gender identity, ethnicity, personal interests, relationships and preferences, health details and whether part of the POZ (HIV positive) community

Collection of highly sensitive identity and health data

We can disclose your geographic location information and any other information that we collect or that you provide in connection with your use of the Service and any other information derived from or based upon the foregoing information with service providers, third parties and/or other parties.

Broad third-party disclosure of location and derived data

Certain personal data, such as information about medical or health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, is considered sensitive personal data. We will not use sensitive personal data for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by the individual unless we have received your affirmative and explicit consent (opt-in).

DPF-based sensitive data opt-in protection