Norway fines Microsoft subsidiary Xandr $9.6 million over privacy violations with Grindr
Norway’s data protection regulator fined Microsoft advertising subsidiary Xandr 92 million kroner, or about $9.6 million, for sharing Grindr users’ sensitive data with advertisers without a legal basis. The regulator said the penalty is its largest ever, and one account described the data as including users’ sexual orientation. [46093] [48413]
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Grindr users and the broader LGBTQ+ dating-app user base are affected because a Norwegian regulator has imposed a record privacy penalty tied to sharing sensitive data. The fine was set at 92 million kroner, or about $9.6 million, and one account says the data included sexual orientation information.
What changes in practice is that Xandr has been fined for processing and sharing Grindr users’ personal data without a legal basis, which makes that conduct the focus of a formal privacy enforcement action. What does not change is that the reports do not say anything about new rules beyond the penalty itself, so the exact operational impact outside the fine is not stated. (per dailyhodl.com)
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