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Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle UK Privacy Case

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 4:46 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Grindr agreed to pay £26 million to settle a UK privacy lawsuit.
The settlement will be paid in two £13 million installments by 31 December 2026 and 31 March 2027.
Around 12,000 claimants will receive an average of £2,167 each.
The lawsuit alleged Grindr shared users’ HIV status, test dates, PrEP use, ethnicity and orientation with advertisers.
Advertisers named in the case were data-analytics firms Localytics and Apptimize.

History

Historical Context

After the 2018 Cambridge Analytica breach—where up to 87 million Facebook profiles were harvested and the UK ICO levied a £500,000 fine—global regulators tightened privacy rules under the EU’s May 2018 GDPR. That stricter regime paved the way for the UK regulator’s £26 million settlement with Grindr for disclosing users’ HIV status, ethnicity and orientation.

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Story summary

Grindr agreed to pay £26 million to settle a UK privacy lawsuit.
The settlement will be paid in two £13 million installments by 31 December 2026 and 31 March 2027.
Around 12,000 claimants will receive an average of £2,167 each.
The lawsuit alleged Grindr shared users’ HIV status, test dates, PrEP use, ethnicity and orientation with advertisers.
Advertisers named in the case were data-analytics firms Localytics and Apptimize.

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