Dating App Grindr Sued for Disclosing Sensitive Information, HIV Status of Users
by Tech Times
Tech Times— Grindr is facing a UK lawsuit after allegedly sharing sensitive user information, including a user's HIV status.
Ars Technica—Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors. Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.
BBC News—Grindr sued for allegedly revealing users' HIV status. The LGBTQ+ dating app is being sued in a class action lawsuit over allegedly misusing users' data.
Boing Boing—Grindr sued over claims it revealed users' HIV status to advertisers. Hookup app Grindr is accused of revealing users' HIV status in a lawsuit filed in London's High Court. The lawsuit claims that user data was shared with Grindr's advertisers via "covert tracking technology," identifies more than 650 claimants, and claims thousands of users were affected. — Read the rest