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Grindr agrees to £26 million settlement over UK users’ sensitive data claims
Grindr will pay £26 million to settle a UK group lawsuit alleging it shared sensitive user information, including some users’ HIV status, with advertising companies. The claim, filed in April 2024, concerned practices before 2020 and represented 12,000 people. The settlement illustrates the financial and trust consequences of disputes over intimate personal data. Grindr disputes the allegations and says the agreement includes no findings or admission of liability; it also says it has overhauled its privacy programme since 2020.
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What matters
- Grindr agreed to pay £13 million by the end of 2026 and another £13 million by the end of March 2027.
- The reported £2,167 average compensation assumes equal distribution of the settlement.
- Grindr acknowledged users’ distress and loss of trust concerning the pre-2020 period.
Separate Norwegian proceedings
Norway’s privacy authority fined Grindr 65 million Norwegian krone in 2021 for data protection violations. The supplied report says an appeals court upheld that decision and fine last October. Those proceedings are separate from the UK settlement.
Context & caveats
- The UK allegations were resolved without a finding or admission of liability.
Why this made the edition
Detailed reporting provides settlement terms, legal history, regulatory-filing attribution and the company's explicit denial of liability.
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