Robert Scammell 27th January 2021 (Last Updated January 27th, 2021 13:37)
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Norway’s data regulator has issued a €10m fine to gay dating app Grindr for breaching data protection laws.
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said the location-based dating app for gay, bi, trans and queer people failed to comply with consent rules outlined by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Following an investigation, it determined that Grindr did not get sufficient consent to share the personal data of its users to third parties for marketing purposes. This data included GPS location and user profile data.
The regulator went further and said a person simply being on Grindr “constitutes special category data that merits particular protection”.