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we may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.
When you use them, we'll validate your request by verifying your identity (for example, by confirming that you're signed in to your Google Account).
To protect your privacy, we will take steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your request, such as by requiring you to submit your request via your account.
"The easiest way to exercise your rights...is by logging into your account to validate that you are the account holder, so we can verify your identity associated with your Grindr account.Excerpt from Grindr's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “The easiest way to exercise your rights...is by logging into your account to validate that you are the account holder, so we can verify your identity associated with your Grindr account.”
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