Grindr Sued in UK For Sharing HIV Status of Users With Advertising Agencies
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Grindr sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status and other info with ad companies
Grindr has been sued for allegedly sharing personal information with advertising companies without users' consent. A lawsuit filed in London claims that the data included HIV statuses and test dates, ethnicity and sexual orientation, Bloomberg reports. According to the class action-style suit, the alleged data sharing involved adtech companies Localytics and Apptimize. Grindr is said to have supplied the companies with user info before April 2018 and then between May 2018 and April 2020....
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Grindr is Being Sued for Sharing HIV Statuses
The gay dating app Grindr is being sued for allegedly sharing personal information — including users’ HIV statuses — with third parties. In a class-action lawsuit, filed at the High Court in London, law firm Austen Hays asserted that at least 670 claimants — and “potentially thousands” of other users in the United Kingdom — […]
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Grindr sued for allegedly revealing users' HIV status
The LGBTQ+ dating app is being sued in a class action lawsuit over allegedly misusing users' data.