Tinder, Grindr Apps <br />Spread Personal Details, <br />Says Study Conducted by a <br />government-funded <br />non-profit in Oslo, Norway, the <br />report was released on Tuesday. It found that popular <br />dating apps spread personal <br />user information to marketing companies. Such practices could <br />violate privacy laws. Finn Myrstad, Report Author, via 'NYT' E.U. data protection laws <br />prohibit the collection of types <br />of personal information, including <br />sexual orientation, religion and ethnicity. Grindr — the most popular <br />gay dating app — did not <br />comment on the report directly. The parent company of Tinder <br />and OkCupid stated that it has <br />complied with privacy laws.
