Grindr's privacy policy explains what personal information the app collects about you — including your location, the content of your profile, and sensitive details like your HIV status — and how it may share that information with advertisers and business partners. Because Grindr serves LGBTQ+ users, the data it holds is especially sensitive and could have serious consequences if exposed or misused. You have rights to access, delete, or limit how your data is used, and California residents have additional protections under state law.
Technical Summary
Grindr's Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, sharing, and retention of personal data for users of the Grindr dating and social networking application, which serves primarily LGBTQ+ individuals. The policy discloses collection of sensitive categories of personal data including precise geolocation, sexual orientation, HIV status, and other health information, and describes sharing practices with advertising partners, service providers, and third-party SDKs. The policy provides rights mechanisms for access, deletion, correction, and opt-out for California residents and other applicable jurisdictions including GDPR-covered users. Notable provisions include the use of sensitive personal data for advertising and analytics purposes, cross-context behavioral advertising, and the historical sale/sharing of user data with third-party advertisers. The policy also describes Grindr's use of aggregated or de-identified data and the conditions under which data may be transferred internationally.
Grindr collects sensitive health information including your HIV status and last test date if you choose to share it on your profile, and this information is treated as special category data under applicable law.
Grindr collects your precise GPS location to show you nearby users and may share this location data with third-party advertising partners and service providers.
Grindr embeds third-party software development kits (SDKs) from advertising and analytics companies that independently collect data about you, including device identifiers and behavioral data.
Grindr may sell or share your personal data with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes, and California residents have the right to opt out of this sale or sharing.
Under California's CPRA, Grindr is required to limit its use of sensitive personal information — including sexual orientation, precise geolocation, and health data — to purposes necessary to provide the service, unless you consent to additional uses.
Users can request that Grindr delete their personal data or provide a copy of the data Grindr holds about them by submitting a request through the app or Grindr's privacy portal.
Grindr may transfer your personal data to countries outside of your own, including to the United States, and relies on legal mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses to authorize these transfers for EU and UK users.
Grindr retains your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
When you delete your Grindr account, the company states it will delete or anonymize your personal data, though some data may be retained for legal or operational purposes.