Grindr, OkCupid and Tinder Among Popular Apps That Share User Data: Report

The data sharing may be in violation of GDPR and CCPA

Several popular apps are sharing user data—including highly personal information, such as dating choices and precise locations—in ways that could violate privacy laws, according to a report released today by the Norwegian Consumer Council.

For the report, titled Out of Control: How Consumers Are Exploited by the Online Advertising Industry, the government-funded nonprofit worked with cybersecurity company Mnemonic to analyze data traffic from 10 popular apps: Dating apps Tinder, OkCupid, Happn and Grindr; period tracker apps Clue and MyDays; makeup app Perfect365; children’s app My Talking Tom2; Qibla Finder; and Wave Keyboard.

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