Grindr is an LGBTQ+ dating and social networking app operated by publicly traded Grindr Inc. (NYSE: GRND). Grindr's own privacy policy discloses that users may choose to share sensitive fields including HIV status and vaccination status, and states these are shared with the Grindr Community and, in limited form, with necessary service providers; the same policy offers an opt-out (not opt-in) for the 'sale'/sharing of Personal Information with its Ad/Marketing Partners for behavioral advertising. Apple's App Store privacy label confirms Location, Identifiers, and Usage Data are used to track users across other companies' apps, and that Health & Fitness data is linked to identity. Grindr's own 2025 Form 10-K discloses that Norway's Data Protection Authority fined Grindr LLC for unlawfully disclosing personal data, including special-category data, to third-party advertisers without a valid legal basis — a decision upheld on final appeal in October 2025 — and in 2018 Grindr publicly confirmed (per contemporaneous press coverage) that it had shared users' HIV status and last-tested date with analytics vendors Apptimize and Localytics before removing the practice. Grindr's 2025 10-K also discloses that a single individual, Mr. Zage, now holds beneficial ownership of more than 50% of outstanding common stock.
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Grindr's Apple App Store privacy label discloses a distinct 'Health & Fitness' data category, alongside Purchases, Financial Info, Location, Contact Info, and User Content, that may be collected and linked to the user's identity.
Grindr's privacy policy states users may choose to share or withhold specific sensitive profile fields — location, HIV status, and vaccination status — as part of their Grindr Community profile, and separately notes that health/sex-life-related information may be considered 'sensitive' or 'special category' personal information in some jurisdictions. (Live grindr.com/privacy-policy renders a JS shell under the pipeline UA; a Wayback snapshot of the same URL was fetched and verified instead, per rule 8.)
Grindr Inc.'s 2025 Form 10-K (filed with the SEC) confirms its common stock is listed on the NYSE under ticker 'GRND', and separately discloses that following stock-repurchase activity, an individual director/stockholder, Mr. Zage, crossed 50% beneficial ownership of outstanding common stock, giving him the ability to control the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval.
Grindr's Apple App Store privacy label independently confirms a 'Third-Party Advertising' purpose that links coarse location, device ID, and advertising data to the user's identity for use by third parties.
Grindr's privacy policy states users can opt out of the sharing of Personal Information with its Ad/Marketing Partners for behavioral advertising, framing this flow as what some jurisdictions would term a 'sale' of Personal Information — an opt-out default rather than the data flow not occurring at all. (Same Wayback snapshot as claim 1, per rule 8.)
Contemporaneous reporting on Grindr's 2018 confirmation that it had shared users' HIV status and last-tested date with analytics vendors Apptimize and Localytics quotes Grindr's own emailed statement that, after the feature testing concluded, HIV-status data was removed from Apptimize and its removal from Localytics was being discussed. (Live npr.org timed out under the pipeline UA; a Wayback snapshot of the same URL was fetched and verified instead, per rule 8.)
Grindr's own 2025 Form 10-K discloses that Norway's Data Protection Authority (NDPA) alleged Grindr LLC disclosed personal data, including special-category personal data, to third-party advertisers without a valid legal basis under GDPR Articles 6(1) and 9(1); after a reduced fine, appeal, and litigation, the Norwegian Appeals Court rejected Grindr's final appeal and upheld the administrative fine on October 21, 2025.
Grindr's Apple App Store privacy label states that Location, Identifiers, and Usage Data may be used to track the user across apps and websites owned by other companies — a broader tracked-category set than an Identifiers-only cross-app tracking disclosure.