LONDON — Homosexual courting app Grindr is dealing with a mass information safety lawsuit in London from a whole lot of customers who allegedly had their personal info, together with HIV standing, shared with third events with out consent, a legislation agency stated on Monday.
Austen Hayes, which stated the lawsuit is being filed at London’s Excessive Court docket, stated 1000’s of Grindr customers in the UK might have been affected.
The agency alleges customers’ extremely delicate info, together with HIV standing and the date of their newest HIV take a look at, had been supplied to 3rd events for business functions.
Grindr stated in an announcement supplied to the Guardian that it deliberate to “reply vigorously to this declare, which seems to be primarily based on a mischaracterisation of practices from greater than 4 years in the past”.
Austen Hayes stated round 670 individuals had signed as much as the lawsuit over breaches stated to have taken place between 2018 and 2020, with probably 1000’s extra becoming a member of the case.
Austen Hays’ Managing Director Chaya Hanoomanjee stated in an announcement: “Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ group it serves to compensate these whose information has been compromised and have suffered misery in consequence, and to make sure all its customers are secure whereas utilizing the app, wherever they’re, with out worry that their information could be shared with third events.”
Grindr didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The Guardian reported a Grindr spokesperson as stating: “We’re dedicated to defending our customers information and complying with all relevant information privateness laws, together with within the UK.
“We’re pleased with our international privateness program and take privateness extraordinarily critically.”
