Grindr collects your precise GPS location and may share it with advertising and analytics partners, not just to show you nearby users.
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Precise geolocation data can reveal where you live, work, worship, receive medical care, and whom you associate with. For users of an LGBTQ+ platform, location data combined with identity data creates specific safety risks.
Interpretive note: The full list of advertising and analytics partners receiving location data is not enumerated in the policy, making it difficult to assess the complete scope of downstream data flows.
Previous version had no excerpt; current version now explicitly details GPS coordinates collection and sharing with advertising/analytics partners.
View full change record →Your real-time GPS coordinates may be shared with third-party advertising and analytics companies, which could allow those parties to build detailed profiles linking your physical movements to your LGBTQ+ identity and health information.
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We will also provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected.
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
Your organization may allow you to access and export your data in order to back it up or transfer it to a service outside of Google.
"We collect precise geolocation data from your device when you use the Grindr app, including GPS coordinates, to provide location-based features and for other purposes described in this policy, including sharing with advertising and analytics partners.Excerpt from Grindr's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Precise geolocation constitutes personal data under GDPR and may qualify as sensitive in context when combined with information about sexual orientation or health status.
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Precise geolocation data can reveal where you live, work, worship, receive medical care, and whom you associate with. For users of an LGBTQ+ platform, location data combined with identity data creates specific safety risks.
Your real-time GPS coordinates may be shared with third-party advertising and analytics companies, which could allow those parties to build detailed profiles linking your physical movements to your LGBTQ+ identity and health information.
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