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.
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The provision discloses the jurisdictional scope of data transfers and establishes notice that the legal and regulatory framework governing data protection in receiving jurisdictions may not be equivalent to the user's home jurisdiction. This is operationally significant because it identifies where personal information is processed and alerts users to potential variation in statutory privacy standards.
If you are an EU or UK user, your data is transferred to the United States and potentially other countries where privacy protections may differ from those you are entitled to under GDPR.
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"Grindr is a U.S.-based Company. By using the Grindr Properties, you are transmitting information to Grindr in the United States and its service providers (in the United States and other third countries). If you are a resident of another country, note that the United States and other third countries may not afford the same privacy protections as your country of residence.— Excerpt from Grindr's Grindr Privacy Policy
Post-Schrems II, international transfers from the EEA require valid transfer mechanisms under GDPR Chapter V; compliance teams should verify that Grindr's Standard Contractual Clauses are accompanied by adequate Transfer Impact Assessments given the sensitivity of the data categories involved.
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The provision discloses the jurisdictional scope of data transfers and establishes notice that the legal and regulatory framework governing data protection in receiving jurisdictions may not be equivalent to the user's home jurisdiction. This is operationally significant because it identifies where personal information is processed and alerts users to potential variation in statutory privacy standards.
If you are an EU or UK user, your data is transferred to the United States and potentially other countries where privacy protections may differ from those you are entitled to under GDPR.
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