--- title: Dating App for Trump Supporters Leaks Users' Data description: Donald Daters, a new dating app for Trump supporters, has leaked users' personal information on the day of its launch. canonical: https://time.com/5426460/donald-daters-app-leak/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-10-16T21:22:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:30.679Z og:title: A New Dating App for Trump Supporters Leaked Its Users' Data og:description: "Make America date again" og:url: https://time.com/5426460/donald-daters-app-leak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b7cd60e9be7d9c4/69893cb5fb4eacb70d897ed9/trump-dating-app.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Trump-Dating-App og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A New Dating App for Trump Supporters Leaked Its Users' Data twitter:description: "Make America date again" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6b7cd60e9be7d9c4/69893cb5fb4eacb70d897ed9/trump-dating-app.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Donald Daters' the New Dating App for Trump Supporters Leaked Its Users' Data on Launch Day > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 9:22 PM UTC  A 'Make America Great Again' hat sits on the ground ahead of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally in Washington, Michigan, U.S., on Saturday, April 28, 2018. A 'Make America Great Again' hat sits on the ground ahead of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally in Washington, Michigan, U.S., on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 16, 2018 9:22 PM UTC Donald Daters, a new [dating app](http://time.com/5356756/dating-apps-mental-health/) for [Trump supporters](http://time.com/5421574/donald-trump-gop-midterms/), has leaked users’ personal information on the day of its launch. The app, which markets itself as an “American-based singles community connecting lovers, friends, and Trump supporters alike,” had more than 1,600 users when it launched on Monday, according to security researcher Elliot Alderson, who was reportedly able to download the entire user database. Alderson shared his findings in a tweet, stating that the data he managed to gain access to included users’ names, profile pictures, device types, private messages and access tokens that can be used to log into their accounts. > [](https://twitter.com/fs0c131y/status/1051915647989485570) The Donald Daters app was founded by Emily Moreno—a former aide to Sen. Marco Rubio—who confirmed the leak on Tuesday. “We have taken swift and decisive action to remedy the mistake and make all possible efforts to prevent this from happening again,” she said, according to [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/15/donald-daters-a-dating-app-for-trump-supporters-leaked-its-users-data/). “Out of an abundance of caution, we have temporarily suspended the chat service on the app while we implement new security protocols. 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