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## Grindr users' sensitive data shared through ad auctions without valid consent

DevFeed: [Grindr users' sensitive data shared through ad auctions without valid consent](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/grindr-users-sensitive-data-shared-through-ad-auctions-without-valid-consent-85875.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/10/grindr-users-sensitive-data-shared-through-ad-auctions-without-valid-consent>)

Author: Pieter Arntz

Published: 2026-10-13T13:00:27Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Malwarebytes](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/malwarebytes.md>)

Topics: [sensitive data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sensitive-data.md>), [data loss prevention](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-loss-prevention.md>)

Tags: [consent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/consent.md>), [grindr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/grindr.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [sensitive-data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sensitive-data.md>), [xandr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xandr.md>)

### AI overview

Norway's privacy regulator fined Xandr approximately $9.6 million for processing and sharing information about Grindr users through real-time ad auctions without valid consent. The article says identifying someone as a Grindr user could reveal sexual orientation, and the data-sharing practices crossed national borders.

### Source excerpt

Advertising company Xandr has been fined $9.6 million over data sharing that could reveal Grindr users' sexual orientation.