The policy discloses that users may provide health information including HIV and vaccination status, racial or ethnic origin, and other sensitive data through their public profiles, and that this information is processed to provide the Services including AI-driven personalization features.
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This provision establishes that Grindr processes GDPR Article 9 special-category data, including health data and racial or ethnic origin, as part of its core service delivery and AI personalization functions, requiring a valid Article 9 legal basis for each processing purpose.
The agreement authorizes collection and processing of health information (including HIV status) and racial or ethnic origin provided through user profiles, and states this information is used to provide the Services including AI-driven personalization; the policy notes that profile information is public-facing.
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Compare across platforms →"You choose what personal information you provide as part of your public profile. For example, you may share or not share health information like HIV and vaccination status, or sensitive data like racial or ethnic origin, or photos and videos. Your profile is public, so you should not include information that you want to keep private. Note that some of the information you may choose to provide us (e.g., profile fields such as ethnicity, looking for and position) may be considered 'sensitive', 'special category' under applicable privacy laws. We use this information to provide the Services as described in this Policy.Excerpt from Grindr's Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes that Grindr processes GDPR Article 9 special-category data, including health data and racial or ethnic origin, as part of its core service delivery and AI personalization functions, requiring a valid Article 9 legal basis for each processing purpose.
The agreement authorizes collection and processing of health information (including HIV status) and racial or ethnic origin provided through user profiles, and states this information is used to provide the Services including AI-driven personalization; the policy notes that profile information is public-facing.
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