Grindr collects highly sensitive personal information including your HIV status, sexual preferences, and precise location as part of creating and maintaining your profile and using the service.
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HIV status and sexual orientation are among the most sensitive categories of personal data, and their collection and potential disclosure can create significant real-world risks for users including discrimination, outing, and safety threats.
Previous version had empty excerpt for sensitive data collection; current version now explicitly names HIV status as collected data alongside geolocation information.
View full change record →By using Grindr and completing your profile, you consent to the collection of health data (HIV status) and sexual orientation data, which are special category data under GDPR and carry heightened sensitivity; mishandling or unauthorized disclosure of this information could have serious personal consequences.
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"We collect information you give us when you use our Services. This includes: profile information such as your name, username, email, phone number, date of birth, HIV status, sexual preferences, relationship status, ethnicity, and photos. We use your precise geolocation information to show your distance to other users and to provide location-based features of our Services.Excerpt from Grindr's Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 9 designates health data and data concerning sexual orientation as special category data requiring explicit consent under Article 9(2)(a) or another enumerated legal basis.
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HIV status and sexual orientation are among the most sensitive categories of personal data, and their collection and potential disclosure can create significant real-world risks for users including discrimination, outing, and safety threats.
By using Grindr and completing your profile, you consent to the collection of health data (HIV status) and sexual orientation data, which are special category data under GDPR and carry heightened sensitivity; mishandling or unauthorized disclosure of this information could have serious personal consequences.
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