The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said on Monday that it would fine Grindr, the world’s most popular gay dating app, 100 million Norwegian Kroner, or about $11.7 million dollars, for illegally disclosing private details about its users to advertising companies.
The Norwegian agency said the app had transmitted users’ precise locations, user-tracking codes and the app’s name to at least five advertising companies, essentially tagging individuals as L.G.B.T.Q.
without obtaining their explicit consent, in violation of European data protection law. Among other companies, Grindr shared users’ private details with MoPub, Twitter’s mobile advertising platform, which may in turn share data with more than 100 partners, according to the.