Grindr users’ sensitive data shared through ad auctions without valid consent
Norway fined Xandr about $9.6 million for sharing Grindr users' sensitive data without valid consent.
Norway's Datatilsynet fined advertising company Xandr 92 million Norwegian kroner, about $9.6 million, for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive information about Grindr users. Between July 2018 and April 2020, Xandr ran real-time ad auctions that could circulate data revealing sexual orientation to many companies, including users outside Norway, without verifying valid consent. The regulator said this was not a hack. Microsoft, which acquired Xandr from AT&T in June 2022, said it was reviewing the decision.
- Datatilsynet fined Xandr about 92 million kroner, roughly $9.6 million.
- Real-time ad auctions involved Grindr users from July 2018 to April 2020.
- Being a Grindr user was treated as indicating sexual orientation.
- Microsoft bought Xandr from AT&T in June 2022, after the conduct.
- The regulator said this was not a hack of the dating app.
- Victims
- Grindr users
- Organizations
- DatatilsynetnoybNorwegian Consumer Council
- Countries
- NorwayUnited States
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2 min read at malwarebytes.comAdvertising company Xandr has been fined $9. 6 million over data sharing that could reveal Grindr users’ sexual orientation.
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