Are you affected by the Grindr data breach ?
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Overview
Grindr is being sued for sharing its users’ HIV status without their consent. Grindr has millions of subscribers around the world and the data breach could affect thousands of people in the UK.
Lawyers clam Grindr breached UK data protection law when it shared sensitive personal information, including the HIV status of some users, with two advertising companies. If the case is successful, claimants could receive thousands of pounds in damages.
If you are affected by this data breach, you could be due compensation. Many Grindr users are making no-win-no-fee claims to get justice for the data protection failure without having to worry about fees.
At a glance
What do we know about the Grindr data breach?
Are you eligible to join the Grindr data breach compensation claim?
If you answer yes to the following, you could have a NO-WIN, NO- FEE Grindr claim:
Could you qualify for a NO-WIN, NO- FEE Grindr compensation claim? Find out instantly with our easy-to-use checker. If eligible, register your interest for updates and next steps. We’ll notify you if we find a regulated UK law firm to take on your case.
“Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised”
— Chaya Hanoomanjee, Managing Director, Austen Hays
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Latest updates on the Grindr data breach
2024
UK law firm Austen Hays filed a claim at London’s high court alleging that Grindr breached British data protection laws.
2023
Grindr lost its appeal to overturn a data breach fine by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC). As a result, the company was ordered to pay a record 65 million Norwegian krone (£4.6 million) for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
2022
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office completed its investigation into Grindr’s processing of personal and special category data. The dating app was reprimanded for failing to transparently inform users about how it processes their data.
2021
Norway’s data protection authority fined Grindr for breaching the GDPR. Grindr appealed the fine.
April 2018
Grindr promised to stop sharing its users’ HIV status with third-party companies after a Norwegian report discovered the firm had been doing so with two advertising companies.
2009
Grindr was founded.
We’ll provide more updates on the Grindr data breach as they occur.
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Grindr data breach FAQs
Grindr faces a lawsuit for disclosing some of its users’ personal information without their consent. The legal action by Austen Hays alleges that the dating app violated UK data protection laws by sharing sensitive personal data, including HIV status, with two advertising companies.
The following personal data may have been shared by Grindr:
Thousands of members of the LGBTQ+ community who used the free Grindr dating app or website could be affected by this breach.
Did you use the free version of the Grindr app or website between Dec 2016 and April 2020? If so, you could have a NO-WIN, NO- FEE Grindr data breach compensation claim.
In the UK, if a group of people have experienced loss, or otherwise been harmed by an organisation’s law breaking, they can come together to fight for justice. Levelling the playing field when standing up to big businesses, group actions prove that there is strength in numbers. At Join the Claim, we bring consumers together to ensure these group actions are as powerful as possible.
We won’t charge you a single penny. And we ensure any law firms we connect you with operate on a no-win-no-fee basis. If you win, the law firm will either take its fees from your compensation payment or recover these from the defendants.
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