Grindr Dating App Shared HIV Status Of English Users With Advertisers, New Lawsuit Says

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Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes reporter who covers breaking news with a frequent focus on the entertainment industry, streaming, sports news, publishing, pop culture and climate change. She joined Forbes in 2023 and lives in Dallas.

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Papua New Guinea’s Leader Rejects Biden’s Suggestion His Uncle Was Eaten By ‘Cannibals’: ‘My Country Does Not Deserve To Be Labeled As Such’A class action lawsuit with hundreds of claimants was filed at the High Court in London Monday as plaintiffs accuse the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr of sharing sensitive medical information, including HIV status, with advertisers, who then allegedly sold that data on to other businesses,English law firm Austen Hays alleges Grindr breached data protection laws...

The lawsuit goes on to allege those companies may have then passed the data on to fourth parties, allowing"a potentially unlimited number" of firms to target users online using the information. Hays said in a statement to Forbes that more than 670 people have already signed up to the claim with potential for thousands of others to join—Grindr had almost 1 million

Chaya Hanoomanjee, director of Hays' firm, said in a statement that clients whose data was shared"have suffered feelings of fear, embarrassment and anxiety as a result."the lawsuit"appears to be based on a mischaracterization of practices from more than four years ago" and that the company will"respond vigorously" to the claim.

 

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