Civil lawsuit against dating company alleges misuse of users’ private information, including HIV status
The class action accuses Grindr of a breach of UK data protection laws for sharing sensitive data to third parties for commercial purposes without users’ consent.The class action accuses Grindr of a breach of UK data protection laws for sharing sensitive data to third parties for commercial purposes without users’ consent.A gay man who claims his HIV positive status was misused by the dating app Grindr has accused the tech platform of treating his personal medical data like “a piece of meat”.
The man, who must remain anonymous for legal reasons, claims he was targeted with adverts for HIV therapies on the platform and other social media outlets after confiding his status. “I was really upset,” he said. “Grindr is a gay institution.” “We used to have to put adverts in the papers, but when Grindr came out, it was just immediate,” he said. “It was amazing for young gay boys at that time. I didn’t have to go to the pubs and bars any more, because I always felt out of place there … nursing a pint and putting yourself on the market.”
“I feel really upset for a lot of people who haven’t been able to be as free as I have. There are a lot of men who have got wives and they’ve got kids.”
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