Grindr facing U.K. data lawsuit for allegedly sharing users’ HIV status

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A law firm alleges users’ highly sensitive information, including HIV status and the date of their latest HIV test, were provided to third parties for commercial purposes

is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday.

The firm alleges users’ highly sensitive information, including HIV status and the date of their latest HIV test, were provided to third parties for commercial purposes. Austen Hays said around 670 people had signed up to the lawsuit over breaches said to have taken place between 2018 and 2020, with potentially thousands more joining the case.community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised and have suffered distress as a result,” the firm’s Managing Director Chaya Hanoomanjee said in a statement.

 

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