Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status

Comments

1. Ivy: I'm surprised this needed a multi-million pound settlement to get resolved
2. Noahmorenoxo: grindr's got bigger problems than just this lawsuit. can't they patch their entire system instead of throwing money at it?
3. Elias: they're only paying £26m because they got caught
4. Norat: seriously 26 million is small change compared to what people's lives are worth, I'd want some real transparency into how that money will be used
5. Ivy Reyes: you'd think they'd have better security if you're going to harvest that kind of data. seems pretty dodgy for an app that's supposed to be safe for vulnerable people
6. Santosaiden: not surprised when you're profiting off vulnerabilities, I guess £26m is just another line item
7. Noahboonexo: this sounds about as invasive as their user surveys "what are you looking for in a match?" still got people asking to link their socials
8. Noel: at least they're paying up for violating people's trust, but it still doesn't feel like accountability is enough when you've put people's health info at risk. seems more
9. Sanaaziz: you'd think companies would know better than to mess with people's private lives by now. this is pretty egregious, even for the uk data protection landscape
10. Shadow Nova: it's about time companies face real accountability for their practices, not just paychecks
11. Onyx Oracle: seems like another case of platforms prioritizing profit over users' actual safety and well-being
12. Static Rune: 26 million pounds and they can't even be bothered to anonymize ad data properly? That's just good business as usual

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