The Bumble class action lawsuit landscape includes three resolved cases and one pending suit. The dating app paid $40 million to settle an Illinois biometric privacy case in 2024, $18 million to settle a federal securities fraud case in 2023, and $3.26 million to settle a California gender-discrimination case in 2022. A proposed class action over a January 2026 data breach is pending in Texas federal court.
The $40 Million Illinois Biometric Privacy Settlement
The largest case against Bumble, Howell et al. v. Bumble Trading L.L.C. et al., No. 2021-L-307, settled for $40 million in Winnebago County, Illinois. Plaintiffs alleged that Bumble and its sister app Badoo used facial-recognition technology during photo verification and content moderation to scan and store users’ facial geometry without the written consent required by the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act.1Bloomberg Law. Bumble Must Face Privacy Lawsuit Over User Verification Tool2JJLM Law. Dzananovic v. Badoo Trading Limited (Bumble) Bumble denied the allegations and admitted no wrongdoing.3Howell BIPA Settlement. FAQ
Who Qualified
The class covered anyone who used the Bumble or Badoo apps while residing in or located in Illinois between November 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021.4Howell BIPA Settlement. Home Photo verification shows users an on-screen pose, asks for a matching selfie, and compares that selfie to the user’s existing profile photos through automated tools and human moderators.5Bumble Support. Verifying Your Photos
What Claimants Received
Judge Ronald A. Barch approved the settlement on October 24, 2024. From the $40 million fund, the court awarded $14,103,727.98 in attorneys’ fees and expenses and $5,000 service awards to each of the two class representatives.3Howell BIPA Settlement. FAQ Approved claimants received a pro rata share of the remainder, with reported payments over $1,400 per person.6ClaimDepot. Bumble Badoo $40M BIPA Settlement Check payments went out August 8, 2025, and digital payments through Venmo, PayPal, and Zelle were completed by August 13, 2025. The claim deadline was September 20, 2024, and the claims process is now closed.7Howell BIPA Settlement. Login
Bumble also agreed to delete all biometric information and identifiers it had previously collected from class members and committed to BIPA compliance going forward.3Howell BIPA Settlement. FAQ
The $18 Million Securities Fraud Settlement
In re Bumble, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 1:22-cv-00624, filed in the Southern District of New York, targeted Bumble, founder and then-CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd, CFO Anuradha Subramanian, members of the board, controlling shareholder Blackstone Inc., and underwriters including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan over the company’s September 2021 secondary public offering.8Bumble Securities Litigation. Home
The complaint alleged the SPO documents promoted a “nearly 25% increase in total paying users” and framed user-growth risks as hypothetical, while Badoo had already lost more than 120,000 paying users quarter-over-quarter and Bumble app growth had slowed.9Bumble Securities Litigation. Complaint Details On November 10, 2021, Bumble reported third-quarter paying users had fallen to 2.86 million from 2.9 million at the end of June, and the stock dropped more than 24% over the next two trading days.10Law Street Media. Amended Pleading Hits Docket in Bumble Blackstone Securities Suit
The class period ran from September 10, 2021, through January 24, 2022, and covered investors who bought Bumble Class A common stock directly in or traceable to the SPO. The court granted final approval of the $18 million cash settlement on August 8, 2023.11BLB&G. In re Bumble, Inc. Securities Litigation Initial distributions to eligible investors began in July 2025, a subsequent distribution is set for June 2026, and further rolling distributions are expected as funds remain available.8Bumble Securities Litigation. Home
The $3.26 Million California Gender-Discrimination Settlement
In Kirilose Mansour v. Bumble, No. RIC1810011, a plaintiff challenged Bumble’s “women message first” feature, which requires women to start a conversation within 24 hours of a match or the connection expires. The suit argued the feature violated California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act and Unfair Competition Law by denying male users equal access to the platform.12Follow Our Courts. Bumble Dating App Gender Discrimination Case Settled
Riverside Superior Court Judge Sunshine Sykes approved a $3.26 million settlement on January 28, 2022. The class included 436,051 California men who had purchased Bumble’s premium service and identified as interested in women between May 29, 2016, and June 1, 2021. Eligible members could choose between 20 free “super swipes” (valued at $32) or a pro rata share of a $3 million fund. Bumble did not admit wrongdoing but agreed to add a “reactions” feature letting all California users, regardless of gender, send predetermined emojis to profiles without a match.12Follow Our Courts. Bumble Dating App Gender Discrimination Case Settled
The Pending 2026 Data Breach Lawsuit
A Texas woman filed a proposed class action, Omirin et al. v. Bumble Inc. et al., No. 1:26-cv-00398, on February 19, 2026. The complaint alleges Bumble failed to prevent a “massive and preventable” data breach on January 29, 2026, which it attributes to a phishing attack by the hacker group ShinyHunters that allegedly exfiltrated more than 30 gigabytes of files from Bumble’s servers.13ClassAction.org. Bumble Lawsuit Claims Dating App Failed to Prevent Massive Data Breach
According to the complaint, the compromised information includes full names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, account numbers, chat histories, and dating preferences.14KXAN. Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Dating App Bumble Over Data Breach It alleges violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act and seeks damages along with an injunction requiring Bumble to overhaul its security practices.13ClassAction.org. Bumble Lawsuit Claims Dating App Failed to Prevent Massive Data Breach
One wrinkle for anyone watching this case: Bumble’s terms of service contain a mandatory arbitration clause, which could push the dispute out of court and into binding arbitration.14KXAN. Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Dating App Bumble Over Data Breach As of mid-2026, the case remains pending, and no class has been certified and no settlement proposed.