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The fine of 65 million Norwegian kroner ($7.2 million, 6.3 million euros) is the largest ever handed out for such a case in the Scandinavian country.
\"Our conclusion is that Grindr has disclosed user data to third parties for behavioural advertisement without a legal basis,\" said Tobias Judin, head of the Norwegian Data Protection Authority<\/a>'s (DPA<\/a>) international<\/a> department.
Grindr, which bills itself as \"the world's largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people,\" is accused of sharing GPS coordinates, elements of its users' profiles such as age or sex and the very fact that they use the app, thus giving indications of their sexual orientation.
The lack of clear information about this practice given to users and lack of explicit approval on this point from them violates the General Data Protection Regulation<\/a> (GDPR<\/a>) adopted by the European Union in 2018, according to the Norwegian DPA.
\"We consider that data revealing the fact that someone is a Grindr user strongly indicates that they belong to a sexual minority,\" the DPA said adding that this merits particular protection under the GDPR.
In January, DPA warned that Grindr faced a fine of 100 million kroner, or about 10 percent of its global revenue, but gave the company until February 15 to explain its position.
Grindr argued that the offences were committed before April 2020, when the app changed its terms of use.
\"We strongly disagree with Datatilsynet's (DPA) reasoning, which concerns historical consent practices from years ago, not our current consent practices,\" Shane Wiley, chief privacy officer at Grindr, reiterated Wednesday in an email to AFP.
\"Even though Datatilsynet has lowered the fine compared to their earlier letter, Datatilsynet relies on a series of flawed findings, introduces many untested legal perspectives, and the proposed fine is therefore still entirely out of proportion,\" Wiley added.
The Norwegian consumer council, which together with Austrian NGO Noyb originally alerted Norway<\/a>'s DPA, welcomed the fine.
\"Surveillance-based advertising, where companies collect and share personal data for commercial purposes, is completely out of control,\" Finn Myrstad, policy<\/a> director at the Norwegian Consumer Council said.
\"This sends a strong signal to all companies involved in commercial surveillance,\" he added.
\"It's astonishing that the DPA has to convince Grindr that its users are LGBT+ and that this fact is not a commodity to be bartered\" Ala Krinickyte, a lawyer from Noyb, stressed.
The company now has three weeks to appeal against the decision.
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挪威罚款Grindr记录共享用户数据量
挪威当局周三表示,他们罚款约会应用Grindr超过六百万欧元非法与第三方分享用户的个人数据。罚款6500万挪威克朗(720万美元,630万欧元)是有史以来最大的分发这种情况下的北欧国家。
罚款6500万挪威克朗(720万美元,630万欧元)是有史以来最大的分发这种情况下的北欧国家。
“我们的结论是,Grindr广告已经向第三方披露用户数据的行为没有法律依据,“Tobias Judin说的挪威数据保护机构(德通社)国际部门。
Grindr,标榜自己是“世界上最大的社交网络应用为同性恋,双性恋,变性,和奇怪的人,“被指控分享GPS坐标,元素的用户的资料如年龄或性别和他们使用的应用程序,从而使他们的性取向的迹象。
缺乏清晰的这种做法给用户的信息和缺乏明确的批准在这一点上他们违反了一般数据保护规定(GDPR)采用欧盟2018年,根据挪威分区。
“我们认为这些数据揭示的事实,有人Grindr用户强烈表明,他们属于少数性,“DPA说这优点GDPR特别保护。
1月,德通社警告说,Grindr面临罚款1亿克朗,约占其全球收入的10%,但直到2月15日给该公司解释自己的立场。
Grindr认为犯罪之前承诺2020年4月,当应用程序改变了使用条款。
“我们强烈不同意Datatilsynet (DPA)推理,涉及历史从年前同意实践,不是我们当前的同意实践,”巴蒂尔威利,Grindr首席隐私官,周三重申在法新社的电子邮件。
“尽管Datatilsynet降低了早些时候相比,他们信,Datatilsynet依靠一系列的有缺陷的结果,介绍了许多未经检验的法律观点,因此建议的好还是完全不成比例,”威利补充道。
挪威消费者委员会,与奥地利的非政府组织最初Noyb提醒挪威DPA,欢迎好。
“Surveillance-based广告,公司收集和分享个人资料用于商业目的,完全失控,”芬兰人Myrstad,政策挪威消费者委员会主任说。
“这发出了一个强烈的信号,所有的公司参与商业监视,”他补充道。
“这是惊人的,德通社说服Grindr LGBT +和它的用户,这个事实不是商品以“Ala Krinickyte Noyb律师,压力。
公司现在有三个星期的决定提出上诉。
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