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I don't understand, the autonatic google translation is weird. What exactly is the transgression? Some advertiser ID and GPS location combined, did what exactly

• karencarits 3y ago
  There is some more info other places, e.g. https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/news/2021/intention-to-issue--10-million-fine-to-grindr-llc2/ https://www.datatilsynet.no/en/news/2021/intention-to-issue-... > In 2020, the Norwegian Consumer Council filed a complaint against Grindr claiming unlawful sharing of personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. The data shared include GPS location, user profile data, and the fact that the user in question is on Grindr. > Our preliminary conclusion is that Grindr needs consent to share these personal data and that Grindr’s consents were not valid. Additionally, we believe that the fact that someone is a Grindr user speaks to their sexual orientation, and therefore this constitutes special category data that merit particular protection. > - The Norwegian Data Protection Authority considers that this is a serious case. Users were not able to exercise real and effective control over the sharing of their data. Business models where users are pressured into giving consent, and where they are not properly informed about what they are consenting to, are not compliant with the law, said Bjørn Erik Thon, Director-General of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority. > Users were forced to accept the privacy policy in its entirety to use the app, and they were not asked specifically if they wanted to consent to the sharing of their data with third parties. Furthermore, the information about the sharing of personal data was not properly communicated to users. We consider that this was contrary to the GDPR requirements for valid consent.
• tveita 3y ago
  It says the complaint was based on the report "Out of Control" (https://www.forbrukerradet.no/out-of-control/ https://www.forbrukerradet.no/out-of-control/) The technical report lists the following information being sent for Grindr: MoPub (ads.mopub.com): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, gender, age, device information AppNexus (Xandr) (secure.adnxs.com): App name, advertising ID, IP address OpenX (grindr2-d.openx.net): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, gender, keywords Bucksense (j.bksn.se retargeting.bkswin.com): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, IP address Liftoff (adexp.liftoff.io): App name, advertising ID, location(inexact), device configuration PubNative (api.pubnative.net): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, Aarki (Multiple subdomains of *.aarki.net): App name, advertising ID, year of birth, gender Adtelligent (Vertamedia) (*.vertamedia.com): App name, advertising ID, location (inexact), IP address InMobi (js.w.inmobi.com): App name, advertising ID, GPS location Fyber (Inner-Active) (wv.inner-active.mobi): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, gender, age Mars Video (vpaid.mars.video): App name, advertising ID, IP address Mobfox (my.mobfox.com): App name, advertising ID, GPS location Smaato (sdkandroid.ad.smaato.net): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, some device information and configuration, gender, age AdColony (Multiple subdomains of *.adcolony.com): App name, advertising ID, GPS location, device information including permissions, device configuration, gender, Grindr user ID AppsFlyer (t.appsflyer.com): App name, advertising ID, Grindr user ID, Braze user ID, device information, device configuration (including mobile operator) Braze (gaspra.iad03.braze.com): App name, GPS location, Grindr user ID, Braze user ID, app usage (GUI events), relationship type Crashlytics (e.crashlytics.com): Grindr user ID, possibly other data Facebook (graph.facebook.com): App name, advertising ID SafeDK (api.safedk.com): App name, device information Google (appmeasurement.com): App name, advertising ID
  • wkat4242 3y ago
    I wonder how they manage to obtain things like date of birth. Maybe from the Google account? I never provide the real one anyway :P Gender though is pretty much a given when it comes to grindr, let's be honest :) GPS Location being exfiltrated is really really bad though :( Especially for an app like this with serious criminal consequences in some backwater countries.