LONDON — Gay relationship app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from loads of customers who allegedly had their non-public information, together with HIV standing, shared with 3rd events with out consent, a regulation company stated on Monday.
Austen Hayes, which stated the lawsuit is being filed at London’s High Court, stated 1000’s of Grindr customers within the United Kingdom will have been affected.
The company alleges customers’ extremely delicate information, together with HIV standing and the date in their newest HIV take a look at, had been supplied to 3rd events for industrial functions.
Grindr stated in a remark supplied to the Guardian that it deliberate to “respond vigorously to this claim, which appears to be based on a mischaracterisation of practices from more than four years ago”.
Austen Hayes stated round 670 folks had signed as much as the lawsuit over breaches stated to have taken position between 2018 and 2020, with doubtlessly 1000’s extra becoming a member of the case.
Austen Hays’ Managing Director Chaya Hanoomanjee stated in a remark: “Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised and have suffered distress as a result, and to ensure all its users are safe while using the app, wherever they are, without fear that their data might be shared with third parties.”
Grindr didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The Guardian reported a Grindr spokesperson as declaring: “We are committed to protecting our users data and complying with all applicable data privacy regulations, including in the UK.
“We are proud of our global privacy program and take privacy extremely seriously.”