{"id":440776,"date":"2022-05-02T19:25:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/grindr-sold-data-about-users-precise-locations-for-years-report\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T19:25:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T16:25:38","slug":"grindr-sold-data-about-users-precise-locations-for-years-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grindr-sold-data-about-users-precise-locations-for-years-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Grindr sold data about users&#8217; precise locations for years: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26e728bf6d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/grindr-sold-data-about-users-precise-locations-for-years-report\/#%E2%80%9CGrindr_sold_data_about_users_precise_locations_for_years_report%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Grindr sold data about users&#8217; precise locations for years: report&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGrindr_sold_data_about_users_precise_locations_for_years_report%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Grindr sold data about users&#8217; precise locations for years: report&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Grindr, the popular gay dating <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>, sold data that tracked the precise movements of millions of its users beginning in 2017, which may have led to the outing of a senior Catholic priest, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The company <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/grindr-user-data-has-been-for-sale-for-years-11651492800?mod=hp_lead_pos4\">told The Wall Street Journal<\/a> that it ceased sharing data with advertisers beginning two years ago by cutting off the flow of any location information.<\/p>\n<p>The data, which was purchased by clients of a mobile advertising company, allowed unknown third parties to know sensitive information about users, including whom they were dating, where they lived and worked, and where they spent their free time. <\/p>\n<p>The Journal reported that the data did not include details such as names or phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince early 2020, Grindr has shared less information with ad partners than any of the big tech platforms and most of our competitors, restricting the information we share to IP address, advertising ID, and the basic information necessary to support ad delivery,\u201d a Grindr spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/grindr-27.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The dating app which numbers millions of users said it stopped the practice two years ago.\" class=\"wp-image-22108931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/grindr-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/grindr-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/grindr-27.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The dating app which numbers millions of users said it stopped the practice two years ago.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGrindr does not share users\u2019 precise location, we do not share user profile information, and we do not share even industry standard data like age or gender.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a senior Catholic priest resigned after he was outed as a user of Grindr thanks to information which was circulated in ad networks.<\/p>\n<p>Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, who was the top administrator for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, quit after a Catholic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> site published a story detailing how he used Grindr and frequented gay bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to commercially available records of app signal data obtained by The Pillar, a mobile device correlated to Burrill emitted app data signals from the location-based hookup app Grindr on a near-daily basis during parts of 2018, 2019, and 2020 \u2014 at both his USCCB office and his USCCB-owned residence, as well as during USCCB meetings and events in other cities,\u201d the Pillar\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/p\/pillar-investigates-usccb-gen-sec\">reported<\/a>. \u201cData app signals suggest he was at the same time engaged in serial and illicit sexual activity.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/about\/jeffrey-d-burrill-stl\">Wisconsin-based<\/a>\u00a0priest\u2019s alleged \u201cactivity\u201d included attending a \u201cgay bathhouse\u201d in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Jeffrey-D-Burrill-25.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Last year, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, a Catholic priest, resigned after he was outed as a Grindr user by a Catholic news site.\" class=\"wp-image-22108926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Jeffrey-D-Burrill-25.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Jeffrey-D-Burrill-25.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Jeffrey-D-Burrill-25.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Last year, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill, a Catholic priest, resigned after he was outed as a Grindr user by a Catholic news site.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bob Roller\/CNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before 2020, Grindr shared location-based data with ad networks who would tailor targeted ads that promoted \u201chyperlocal\u201d businesses like restaurants, bars, or hotels. Grindr executives at the time did not believe that the data-sharing would pose any risk to user privacy, according to the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>App users often allow their locations to be detected in order to better match with potential dates who live nearby. That data is then shared with an ad network where several advertisers bid to post an ad to users\u2019 phones once they open the app.<\/p>\n<p>There could be hundreds or even thousands of advertisers in the ad network that gain access to real-time information about a user\u2019s precise whereabouts. UM, a mobile-advertising company formerly known as Uber<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a>, purchased data that included the precise movements of Grindr users.<\/p>\n<p>It bought the data from MoPub, an advertising network that was owned by Twitter before it was sold last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUberMedia was a MoPub partner,\u201d a Twitter spokesperson told the Journal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike all partners they were subject to MoPub\u2019s marketplace agreement and data use restrictions.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In Jan. 2020, Twitter suspended Grindr from its ad network following a report that it shared intimate personal information about its users with third-party marketers.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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