Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
Summary
Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it shared users' private information, including HIV status, with third parties. The company said the settlement relates to data practices before 2020, when it was owned by a Chinese firm, and denies any wrongdoing.Key Facts
- Grindr faced a lawsuit in the UK and the US for allegedly sharing sensitive user data without permission.
- The company will pay £26 million in two installments to resolve the claims.
- The data shared included users' HIV status, ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
- The claims focus on actions before 2020, under previous ownership.
- More than 11,000 people joined the class action lawsuit.
- Third-party companies like Apptimize and Localytics reportedly accessed the sensitive data.
- Grindr stopped sharing HIV status data with these firms after 2018.
- Since 2020, Grindr has changed its privacy policies to better protect user data.
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