LONDON (Reuters) -Homosexual courting app Grindr is dealing with a mass information safety lawsuit in London from tons of of customers who allegedly had their personal info, together with HIV standing, shared with third events with out consent, a regulation agency stated on Monday.
Austen Hays, which stated the lawsuit is being filed at London’s Excessive Court docket, stated hundreds of Grindr customers in the UK could have been affected.
The agency alleges customers’ extremely delicate info, together with HIV standing and the date of their newest HIV check, have been supplied to 3rd events for industrial functions.
A spokesperson for Grindr stated in an announcement 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 Hays stated round 670 individuals had signed as much as the lawsuit over breaches stated to have taken place between 2018 and 2020, with probably hundreds extra becoming a member of the case.
“Grindr owes it to the LGBTQ+ neighborhood it serves to compensate these whose information has been compromised and have suffered misery consequently,” the agency’s Managing Director Chaya Hanoomanjee stated in an announcement.
The corporate should “guarantee all its customers are protected whereas utilizing the app, wherever they’re, with out worry that their information may be shared with third events,” Hanoomanjee stated.
Grindr’s spokesperson stated: “We’re dedicated to defending our customers information and complying with all relevant information privateness rules, together with within the UK.
“We’re happy with our world privateness program and take privateness extraordinarily severely.”
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