Norwegian court upholds record NKr 65m fine on Grindr

Grindr failed to have valid consent from users to share their data and sensitive information with marketing partners.

The Oslo district court in Norway has found that Grindr did not have valid consent from users to hand over personal data to advertising partners – data which also was found to be sensitive information. Therefore, an infringement fee of NKr 65m ($5.9m) will be levied on Grindr, the location-based

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