“For EEA/EU/UK users, other than cookies and similar technologies that are strictly necessary to operate the Services, we will only use these technologies with your consent.”
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Consent is established as the legal basis for non-essential tracking technologies for EEA/EU/UK users, meaning those technologies cannot lawfully be deployed without an affirmative user action.
Interpretive note: The strictly-necessary carve-out is an independent proposition noted in omitted_material; the canonical claim focuses on the consent requirement for non-essential technologies.
EEA/EU/UK readers must give consent before Grindr deploys cookies or similar technologies that are not strictly necessary to operate the Services.
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Consent is established as the legal basis for non-essential tracking technologies for EEA/EU/UK users, meaning those technologies cannot lawfully be deployed without an affirmative user action.
EEA/EU/UK readers must give consent before Grindr deploys cookies or similar technologies that are not strictly necessary to operate the Services.
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