Grindr Agrees £26 Million UK Data-Privacy Settlement Over HIV Status Sharing
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 7
Grindr Agrees £26 Million UK Data-Privacy Settlement Over HIV Status Sharing
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Sep 7
Summary
£26 million will be paid by Grindr to settle UK claims that it shared users’ personal data—including HIV status—with third parties, under a deal reached on 2 September with no admission of liability.
Two £13 million installments are due by 31 December and 31 March 2027, covering a class action that the claimant law firm said had signed up more than 11,000 people.
The lawsuit alleged Grindr shared sensitive data such as HIV status, ethnicity and sexual orientation for commercial purposes, with analytics firms Apptimize and Localytics identified among recipients.
Grindr said the claims concern historical practices before 2020, when it was owned by Kunlun, and said it has since overhauled its privacy controls.
The settlement closes a long-running dispute rooted in 2018 disclosures; Grindr was later fined £5.5 million in Norway and reprimanded by the UK ICO in 2022.