Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
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Grindr has agreed to pay £26m to settle a lawsuit over allegations it shared users' personal information - including their HIV status - with third parties.
Grindr 已同意支付 2600 万英镑，以了结一项针对其与第三方共享用户个人信息（包括其艾滋病毒状况）的诉讼。
The world's largest LGBTQ+ dating app was sued in the High Court in 2024 over claims it misused people's personal information.
全球最大的 LGBTQ+ 约会应用程序于 2024 年在高等法院被起诉，指控其滥用人们的个人信息。
The class action suit was later served in the US, with the law firm leading the case saying it had signed up more than 11,000 claimants.
该集体诉讼后来在美国送达，牵头该案的律师事务所表示，已与 11,000 多名索赔人签署了协议。
According to a US regulatory filing, Grindr will make two £13m payments to settle the claims. The firm said the settlement includes no admission of liability.
根据美国监管机构提交的文件，Grindr 将支付两笔 1300 万英镑的款项来和解索赔。 该公司表示，和解协议不包括承认责任。
Grindr stressed the claims relate to "historical data practices" before 2020 when it was owned by Chinese firm Kunlun.
Grindr 强调，这些说法与 2020 年之前的“历史数据实践”有关，当时它属于中国公司昆仑万维。
The filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, external by Grindr said a settlement had been reached on 2 September.
Grindr 向美国证券交易委员会提交的外部文件称，已于 9 月 2 日达成和解。
"While Grindr disputes the allegations, it recognizes and acknowledges the distress and loss of trust expressed by some of its UK users regarding that pre-2020 period," the company said in its filing.
该公司在文件中表示：“虽然 Grindr 对这些指控提出异议，但它承认并承认一些英国用户对 2020 年之前的这段时期所表达的痛苦和失去信任。”
The firm has agreed to pay £13m to the counterparties by 31 December and a further £13m by 31 March 2027.
该公司已同意在 12 月 31 日之前向交易对手支付 1300 万英镑，并在 2027 年 3 月 31 日之前再支付 1300 万英镑。
The claims brought more than two years ago by law firm Austen Hayes alleged Grindr had shared sensitive data with third parties for commercial purposes, breaching UK privacy laws.
两年多前，Austen Hayes 律师事务所提出指控，称 Grindr 出于商业目的与第三方共享敏感数据，违反了英国隐私法。
It said this included information about the ethnicity and sexual orientation of its users.
该公司表示，这包括有关其用户的种族和性取向的信息。
People on Grindr have the option to share their HIV status along with when they were last tested - a move it says aims to reduce stigma, facilitate conversations and help users make informed health choices.
Grindr 上的人们可以选择分享他们的艾滋病毒状况以及最后一次检测的时间——据称此举旨在减少耻辱、促进对话并帮助用户做出明智的健康选择。
Chaya Hanoomanjee, the lawyer who led the claim, said in April 2024 claimants had "experienced significant distress" over their sensitive and private information being shared without their consent.
主导索赔的律师查亚·哈努曼吉 (Chaya Hanoomanjee) 于 2024 年 4 月表示，索赔人因未经本人同意而分享敏感和私人信息而“经历了巨大的痛苦”。
She said the company "owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised".
她表示，该公司“有义务向其所服务的 LGBTQ+ 社区提供补偿，以补偿那些数据遭到泄露的人”。
Grindr became a publicly-listed company in 2022, two years after it was taken over by new owners Two data analytics services, Apptimize and Localytics, were identified as third parties with access to the sensitive data.
Grindr 于 2022 年成为上市公司，即被新所有者接管两年后 两个数据分析服务 Apptimize 和 Localytics 被确定为有权访问敏感数据的第三方。
The claim said a potentially unlimited number of third parties used it to customise advertisements to Grindr's users.
声明称，可能有无限数量的第三方使用它为 Grindr 用户定制广告。
It followed revelations in 2018 that Grindr had been sharing personal data, including the HIV status of its users, with the two data analytics providers.
2018 年，有消息称 Grindr 一直与这两家数据分析提供商共享个人数据，包括用户的艾滋病毒状况。
Grindr defended the practice at the time as in line with industry standards – but it said it then stopped sharing HIV data with those companies.
Grindr 当时为这种做法进行了辩护，称其符合行业标准，但它表示随后停止与这些公司共享艾滋病毒数据。
It was fined £5.5m by Norway's data protection watchdog and, later in 2022, reprimanded by the UK Information Commissioner's Office for its data practices.
该公司被挪威数据保护监管机构罚款 550 万英镑，并于 2022 年晚些时候因其数据做法受到英国信息专员办公室的谴责。
The company said in its filing on Friday that since 2020, it had "overhauled" its privacy practices to help meet the "unique needs of its community".
该公司在周五提交的文件中表示，自 2020 年以来，它“彻底改革”了其隐私做法，以帮助满足“社区的独特需求”。
"Grindr is and remains a safe space for users, committed to transparency, user control, and responsible data practices," it said.
声明称：“Grindr 一直是用户的安全空间，致力于透明度、用户控制和负责任的数据实践。”
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