Discussion

• @brankamarijan Branka Marijan on x

  Great to see better #dataprotection regulations and fines for breaches in some countries. Wonder how Canada's proposed Bill C-11 would be applied in this type of case. #cndpoli https://twitter.com/...

• @finnmyrstad Finn Ltzow-Holm Myrstad on x

  6. This “establishes strict legal requirements on a whole industry that profits from collecting and sharing information about our preferences, location, purchases, physical and mental health, sexual orientation and political views.” https://twitter.com/...

• @natashanyt Natasha Singer on x

  This just in: Grindr is fined nearly $12 million for violating European data protection law. Norwegian regulators said the popular gay dating app illegally said shared details on users' sexual orientation and locations with advertising companies. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @danielollecto Daniel Oll on x

  “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” https://twitter.com/...

• @nytimesbusiness @nytimesbusiness on x

  Grindr is fined nearly $12 million for violating European data protection laws. Norwegian regulators said the popular gay dating app illegally shared intimate user data with Twitter's MoPub and other advertising companies. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @privasense Jeroen Terstegge on x

  Norwegian DPA fines #Grindr $11.7 million for illegally disclosing private details about its users to advertising companies. Interestingly, the DPA accuses Grindr of endangering non-European LGBTQ's. #GDPR #privacy https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @daphnehk Daphne Keller on x

  Oh look - Norway has a privacy law and is using it to penalize privacy harms. But we'll just keep pretending things like this are about CDA 230 over here. https://twitter.com/...