Austen Hays announced that thousands of Grindr users in the UK might have been impacted and that it was bringing the mass data protection action in London’s High Court.
According to the company, extremely private information on users—such as their HIV status and the date of their most recent test—was given to outside parties for profit.
According to the report, over 670 people have joined the complaint over alleged breaches that occurred between 2018 and 2020, and many more may follow suit.
According to a statement from Chaya Hanoomanjee, managing director of Austen Hays, Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to pay those whose data was compromised and who experienced distress as a result, as well as to make sure all of its users are safe while using the app, no matter where they are, without worrying that their data might be shared with third parties.
