Grindr users threatened with lawsuits Expected to sell personal information and HIV-infected information

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Grindr Gay dating application Currently facing problems with violations of laws regarding personal data protection. After a group of users joined together to sue, claiming that the application had violated their personal information. One of which is information about HIV infection and selling that information to others.

Austen Hays, the law firm that brought the suit to London’s High Court Inform the details that More than 1,000 Grindr user accounts were affected by the breach. Through bringing information such as HIV infection status, including HIV testing, to others. and it is done for commercial purposes

“About 670 people filed lawsuits over the initial data leaks between 2018 and 2020, and more than 1,000 people are likely to join the lawsuit.”

The law firm clarified in a statement. He said that Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ community because they will suffer negative consequences through this matter.