The agreement discloses that other users, including those using the app in unauthorized ways, may be able to use distance-based information displayed in the app to determine a user's exact location and potentially their identity. The agreement states that location services can be disabled at any time.
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This provision constitutes a direct disclosure that the platform's location distance feature carries a known re-identification risk, meaning that the display of proximity information to other users can, under certain conditions, allow those users to triangulate and identify a specific user's location and identity. The disclosure places awareness of this risk on the user while noting that location services can be disabled.
Under this clause, the agreement discloses that the distance display feature of the Grindr app can be exploited by other users to determine a user's precise location and potentially their identity, regardless of whether the exploiting user is acting within the platform's authorized use parameters. Users can disable location services in device settings to mitigate this risk.
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Compare across platforms →"AS EXPLAINED IN OUR PRIVACY POLICY , SOPHISTICATED USERS WHO USE THE GRINDR APP IN AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER, OR OTHER USERS WHO CHANGE THEIR LOCATION WHILE YOU REMAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION, MAY USE DISTANCE INFORMATION TO DETERMINE YOUR EXACT LOCATION AND MAY BE ABLE TO DETERMINE YOUR IDENTITY. YOU CAN DISABLE LOCATION SERVICES AT ANY TIME.Excerpt from Grindr's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 5 (data minimization and integrity) and Article 25 (data protection by design and by default) for EEA users, CCPA and CPRA provisions on precise geolocation as sensitive personal …
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This provision constitutes a direct disclosure that the platform's location distance feature carries a known re-identification risk, meaning that the display of proximity information to other users can, under certain conditions, allow those users to triangulate and identify a specific user's location and identity. The disclosure places awareness of this risk on the user while noting that location services can …
Under this clause, the agreement discloses that the distance display feature of the Grindr app can be exploited by other users to determine a user's precise location and potentially their identity, regardless of whether the exploiting user is acting within the platform's authorized use parameters. Users can disable location services in device settings to mitigate this risk.
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