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> Consent must be unambiguous, informed, specific and freely given. A bit ironic, for a dating app.

Laarlf 6y ago
Yeah, same thoughts. The gdpr didn’t change much but made small companies like these more vulnerable and web browsing more unbearable. Data is still getting collected and big companies don’t care.
- gspr 6y ago
  > The gdpr didn’t change much but made small companies like these more vulnerable and web browsing more unbearable. Data is still getting collected and big companies don’t care. You do know that GDPR fines scale with revenue?
  - Laarlf 6y ago
    Do you see Google, Microsoft and Apple? It’s nearly been 3 years and they don’t really seem to care. Pretty sure the EU is too scared to touch them.
    - icebraining 6y ago
      Two years ago Google was fined 50 million euros by the French regulator. Last year it was 7 million by the Swedish. More will come.
    - foepys 6y ago
      WhatsApp's privacy update differed quite a lot between the EU and the US. That alone shows that the big tech corps are careful.
      - rsynnott 6y ago
        That's partly down to agreements with the EU competition regulator from the acquisition, AIUI.
- rsynnott 6y ago
  > In March 2020, Kunlun announced that it will sell its 98.59% stake in Grindr to U.S.-based San Vicente Acquisition LLC for $608.5 million You may be using a slightly expansive definition of 'small company'.
jhanschoo 6y ago
If I'm not wrong, dating apps are among the worst for user privacy. Google `dating apps user privacy` and you'll find no shortage of news articles.
- Blikkentrekker 6y ago
  They are places where people write profiles and post their pictures. They seem somewhat scary to me, in that anyone one knows might encounter one on it.
- labawi 6y ago
  Are you perhaps talking about services owned by Match group[1]? Though Grindr is not on the list, so maybe unrelated services are the same. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group#Dating_services_owned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group#Dating_services_ow...

Yeah, same thoughts. The gdpr didn’t change much but made small companies like these more vulnerable and web browsing more unbearable. Data is still getting collected and big companies don’t care.

gspr 6y ago
> The gdpr didn’t change much but made small companies like these more vulnerable and web browsing more unbearable. Data is still getting collected and big companies don’t care. You do know that GDPR fines scale with revenue?
- Laarlf 6y ago
  Do you see Google, Microsoft and Apple? It’s nearly been 3 years and they don’t really seem to care. Pretty sure the EU is too scared to touch them.
  - icebraining 6y ago
    Two years ago Google was fined 50 million euros by the French regulator. Last year it was 7 million by the Swedish. More will come.
  - foepys 6y ago
    WhatsApp's privacy update differed quite a lot between the EU and the US. That alone shows that the big tech corps are careful.
    - rsynnott 6y ago
      That's partly down to agreements with the EU competition regulator from the acquisition, AIUI.
rsynnott 6y ago
> In March 2020, Kunlun announced that it will sell its 98.59% stake in Grindr to U.S.-based San Vicente Acquisition LLC for $608.5 million You may be using a slightly expansive definition of 'small company'.

jhanschoo 6y ago

If I'm not wrong, dating apps are among the worst for user privacy. Google `dating apps user privacy` and you'll find no shortage of news articles.

Blikkentrekker 6y ago
They are places where people write profiles and post their pictures. They seem somewhat scary to me, in that anyone one knows might encounter one on it.
labawi 6y ago
Are you perhaps talking about services owned by Match group[1]? Though Grindr is not on the list, so maybe unrelated services are the same. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group#Dating_services_owned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_Group#Dating_services_ow...