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Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
The settlement covers about 12,000 claimants and includes no admission of liability, with payouts of £2,167 each if split evenly.
- Grindr agreed to pay £26 million to settle a UK lawsuit brought by thousands of users who alleged the app shared sensitive personal data, including HIV status, with advertising companies.
- The settlement ends a two-year legal battle after Austen Hays filed a claim at the High Court of England and Wales in April 2024, alleging privacy law breaches occurring before 2020.
- Austen Hays represented 12,000 people who will receive an average compensation of £2,167 each, while the court determined Grindr's claim about not selling personal user information was "clearly misleading."
- Under the settlement, Grindr will pay £13 million by the end of this year and another £13 million by the end of March next year, though the agreement includes no admission of liability.
- Grindr previously faced a 65m Norwegian krone fine in Norway for similar violations and stated it has overhauled its privacy program since 2020, remaining "a safe space for users, committed to transparency, user control and responsible data practices.
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Grindr to Pay £26 Million After Users Alleged HIV Status Was Shared With Advertisers
Grindr has agreed to a £26 million settlement in a UK lawsuit over alleged data privacy breaches involving sensitive user information, including HIV status, shared with third parties before 2020.
·United Kingdom
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The appointment application will pay about €30 million to resolve a collective lawsuit for alleged misuse of private information, including HIV status.
·Madrid, Spain
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Grindr, popular with sexual and gender minorities, has agreed to a settlement in the face of a class action lawsuit filed in Britain.
·Helsinki, Finland
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Seksuaali- ja sukupuolivähemmistöjen suosima Grindr joutui nyt maksumieheksi.
·Helsinki, Finland
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