was sued for allegedly sharing personal data with advertising companies without users’ consent. According to the lawsuit filed in London, the data included HIV statuses and test dates, ethnicity and sexual orientation. reports.
According to the class action suit, the alleged data sharing involved adtech companies Localytics and Apptimize. Grindr is said to have provided user data to companies before April 2018 and then between May 2018 and April 2020. Engadget has reached out to Grindr for comment.
Grindr in April 2018 shared HIV data with Apptimize and Localytics after research by and Norwegian non-profit . He said that .
This isn’t the only time Grindr has been accused of sharing users’ personal information. 2022 report The Wall Street Journal It showed that Grindr has precise location data about its users . In addition, the Norwegian data protection agency Grindr $6 million in 2021 for violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. The agency said Grindr illegally shared “personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.”
