Incident #7B0307 · 12 MAY 2026notable
happn adds biometric face and ID checks, age verification; renames FlashNote to SuperCrush
The EU privacy policy now allows, with consent, facial image capture (generating biometric data) or ID document checks at registration or during use, plus age verification in some jurisdictions. These checks involve automated analysis that can refuse access, with a stated right to human review. Facebook login is removed, and data retention wording for hosting obligations changed, with a 30-day backup for verification data.
Taken from you
- Identity document checks and facial image capture (with consent) may now be requested at registration or during use of the service.
- Automated analysis of the new verification data and documents (fraud and age checks) may now result in refusal of access to the app.
- Age verification data may be collected in certain jurisdictions
- Facebook Connect login no longer offered
- Retention periods for hosting-obligation data are no longer stated explicitly as one year
Won back
- Right to obtain human intervention in automated verification
- The rights list now includes the right not to be subject to solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.
- Proof-of-life and age verification data is kept in the active database only as long as needed, then in backup archives for 30 days.
- Premium accounts are now exempt from inactivity only while a subscription is active (a new limit, not a gain).
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
For the purposes of fraud prevention and ensuring the safety of Members, HAPPN reserves the right, subject to your consent, to conduct facial image capture or verify an identity document at the time of registration or during use of the Service.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
Such processing may result in the refusal of access to the Application.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
You have the right to obtain human intervention.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
• Personal data collected for the purposes of proof of life (i.e. verification that registration is carried out by a human being) in the context of combating fraudulent accounts, or for age verification, are retained in the active database for the period strictly necessary to perform the verification operations, and are subsequently stored in backup archives for a period of 30 days.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
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