"Every time you open an app like Grindr, advertisement networks get your GPS location, device identifiers and even the fact that you use a gay dating app," said Austrian activist Max Schrems in a statement issued by the NCC.The dating app Tinder is also accused of sharing user data with at least 45 companies owned by the Match Group, which operates a dating website of the same name.
Users"have no way of knowing which entities process their data and how to stop them," it added."Consumers have no meaningful ways to resist or otherwise protect themselves from the effects of profiling, including different forms of discrimination and exclusion." Grindr, which is owned by Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.