Grindr again sued for allegedly sharing users' HIV status
SalonMore than 650 claimants in the United Kingdom are suing Grindr, alleging the world's most popular LGBTQ dating app broke national privacy laws by sharing users' most sensitive health information — including their HIV status — with third-party data brokers for advertising purposes. Grindr previously admitted to sharing users' HIV status in 2018, and even defended the practice despite widespread outcry. As reported by the BBC, the company is accused of illegally sharing users' HIV status, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity with data analytics companies Apptimize and Localytics — who, claimants say, may have also kept some of the data for other purposes. “Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised," said Chaya Hanoomanjee, the case's lead lawyer, adding that the claimants "experienced significant distress over their highly sensitive and private information being shared without their consent."
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