Hundreds of users sue Grindr for allegedly selling their HIV data to advertisers

Grindr is being sued. The  LGBTQ+ dating app is accused of sharing its users’ medical data with advertisers. This data includes their HIV status. UK law firm Austen Hays filed the claim at London’s High Court yesterday. The class action lawsuit represents hundreds of users of the app.   Austen Hays claims that US-based Grindr breached UK data protection law by selling sensitive data to third parties without users’ consent. Aside from medical facts, this includes info about people’s ethnicity, sex life, and sexual orientation.  “Our clients have experienced significant distress over their highly sensitive and private information being shared without…

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