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Norway's data privacy watchdog fines Grindr $7.16 million for sending sensitive personal data to hundreds of potential advertising partners without users' consent

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https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-business-norway-europe-a7a4d0b066ab8a608be11f69e0bfa9ad

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Norway fines dating app Grindr $7.16M over privacy breach | AP News
Published
Dec 15 2021
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  1. rkallos
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    A blog post by Grindr's chief privacy offer from nearly a year ago: https://blog.grindr.com/blog/ads-on-grindr-setting-the-record-straight The fine seems to be in response to Grindr's practices in...

    A blog post by Grindr's chief privacy offer from nearly a year ago: https://blog.grindr.com/blog/ads-on-grindr-setting-the-record-straight

    The fine seems to be in response to Grindr's practices in the past (2018-2020). Anecdotally, I hear more complaints nowadays about how 'un-targeted' ads are on Grindr.

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