Grindr settles UK privacy lawsuit for £26 million

Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging the gay dating app shared users' sensitive personal information, including their HIV status, with third parties. The settlement, announced in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on September 2, 2026, resolves claims that the app breached UK privacy laws by sharing data prior to 2020. The lawsuit was filed in the UK's High Court in 2024 by law firm Austen Hays on behalf of thousands of UK users. The firm stated that over 11,000 claimants had signed up by June 2025. The allegations centered on the sharing of personal data, including information about users' ethnicity and sexual orientation, with third-party vendors for commercial purposes. This data sharing allegedly occurred when Grindr was owned by the Chinese conglomerate Kunlun. Grindr has stated that the settlement includes no admission of liability and that the company disputes the allegations. However, in its filing, the company acknowledged "the distress and loss of trust expressed by some of its UK users regarding that pre-2020 period.