Grindr pays £26m to 12,000 UK users over HIV data sent to ad partners

Digital data leeches: trading on our profiles

US tech companies gather, link, and sell more and more information about their users. The scandal involving the dating app Grindr shows how easy it is for highly sensitive data to fall into the wrong hands.

Grindr pays £26m to 12,000 UK users over HIV data sent to ad partners

Grindr will pay £26m to about 12,000 UK users over HIV status and location data shared with ad partners, pricing the exposure 5.4 times above Norway's fine. Continue reading this article on ppc.land. Sign up the PPC Land newsletter to get the latest marketing news.

Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharing

Online dating app Grindr has opted to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a lawsuit in the U.K. over allegations that it shared users' personal… Read more →

Grindr settles privacy lawsuit tied to disclosure of users’ HIV statuses for $35 million

The settlement concludes a legal fight that dates to April 2024, when UK users sued for the alleged violations of their country’s privacy laws.