Here’s why hundreds of Grindr users in the UK are suing the app

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Legal action has commenced against Grindr in the UK. Just over 650 users lodged a claim yesterday with the country’s High Court in London. 

The claim alleges the dating and hookup app shared personal data with third parties. It says this included sensitive information such as HIV status and the date people last took an HIV test. It alleges this information was then sold to third parties for commercial benefit. Lawyers say this was in breach of British data protection laws. 

Grindr told The Guardian it planned to “respond vigorously to this claim, which appears to be based on a mischaracterisation of practices from more than four years ago”.

Law firm Austen Hays says beyond the 650 involved with the claim,

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