OUT - May 6 - Police in Atlanta issued a warning about one and possibly up to three men using Grindr to lure gay men to a remote location where they are robbed. In the last four months at least eight gay men have been robbed, sometimes violently, after the conclusion of a first date with a man they met on Grindr.
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Police Say Gay Men Targeted for Robbery Using Grindr
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Q.Digital Relaunches LGBTQ+ Into
DIGIDAY - May 4 - Q.Digital, publisher of digital media brands like Queerty and Gay Cities, has relaunched Into, the publication launched by Grindr which shuttered it in January 2019. The new owner says Into will fill a gap in the LGBTQ+ media market by speaking to both the Gen Z and BIPOC community. Q.Digital acquired Into in December 2020 for an undisclosed amount. Grindr had previously shut down Into after a 17-month run, following controversial comments made by Grindr president Scott Chen about same-sex marriage, which led to a few employees stepping down in protest.
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Is It Worth Paying a Premium to Find Love?
THE GUARDIAN - Apr 25 - Tinder has three levels of subscription, Tinder Plus, Tinder Gold and Tinder Platinum, each with different prices. The monthly fee is also linked to age. Users aged ~30 are being charged £27.49 or £29.49, while those under 30 are being charged £13.99 or £14.49. Tinder Plus seemed more random. Some users over 30 are being charged £19.49, most are being asked to pay £4.99, £8.99 or £9.99. Bumble charges £14.99 a month for Bumble Boost, and £32.99 for Bumble Premium. Coffee Meets Bagel charges £34 a month for its Premium service. Grindr also offers a more expensive package - Unlimited, at £31.99 a month. While most apps allow users to pay for premium services for just a month at a time, Plenty of Fish has a minimum premium subscription of three months for £39.99. The minimum time period to subscribe to eharmony's premium subscription is six months for £99.99. The dating and relationships coach Kate Mansfield argues that the most dateable people will be snapped up before they sign up for a paid-for service. Quality, confident people don't need to pay for matchmaking services. Instead of a paid-for app, she advises working on yourself: "Invest in coaching or therapy to get yourself in the best place possible and then use apps' free version to find love."
by Robert Beck
See full article at The Guardian
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Grindr to Produce Original Comedy Special 'Gag Reflex'
YAHOO FINANCE - Apr 1 - Grindr will produce a livestream comedy special, called "Gag Reflex," featuring rising queer comedians. The special will launch April 1, airing on YouTube and on the Grindr platform, which in March touted 5M daily active users. The special follows the announcement of Grindr's first original series, "Bridesmen." Created by John Onieal, the series will consist of shorts following a gay man who attempts to undermine his best friend's wedding.
by Matt Donnelly
See full article at Yahoo Finance
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Grindr's US Security Review Disclosures Contradicted Statements Made to Others
REUTERS - Mar 29 - When Grindr's Chinese owner sold the app to an investor consortium last year to comply with a U.S. national security panel order, the parties to the deal gave information to authorities that contradicted disclosures to potential investors and Chinese regulators. They told the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that James Lu, a Chinese-American businessman who is now Grindr's chairman, had no previous business relationship with a key adviser to the seller, a man named Ding'an Fei. Fei, a former private equity executive, was acting as an adviser to Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd, Grindr's owner at the time, on the deal, the documents show. The duo had also done business together in other ventures. This could lead to civil penalties and criminal charges under the false statement provisions of the U.S. penal code.
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Grindr Must Delete Improperly Collected Data, Norway Watchdog Says
REUTERS - Mar 17 - Norway should force the Grindr dating app to erase illegally gathered data, on top of a recent threat to impose a large fine. Norway's Data Protection Authority said it planned to fine the LGBTQ+ app 100M Norwegian crowns ($11.8M) for what the regulator said was illegal disclosure of user data to advertising firms. In January, following news of the fine, Grindr said the allegations against it dated back to 2018 and no longer reflected its current privacy policy or practices, and that the company was following the law.
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Grindr to Produce Its First Original Content Series - "Bridesman"
PR NEWSWIRE - Mar 1 - Grindr will produce a new, original series - Bridesman - created by John Onieal. The irreverent, fast-paced comedy series follows a gay bridesman as he undermines his best friend's wedding. The six to ten-minute episodes are set to premiere in the fall on YouTube as well as in-app to Grindr's 5M daily active users.
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What Dating Apps Get the Most Press Coverage?
OPW - Mar 2 - We published 956 posts during last year on OPWS.news, featuring 257 dating industry brands. Here is who got the most press coverage on OPW.news.
- Tinder (137 posts)
- Match Group (96 posts)
- Bumble (93 posts)
- The Meet Group (58 posts)
- Grindr (46 posts)
- Hinge (40 posts)
- OkCupid (39 posts)
- PlentyOfFish (28 posts)
- Match.com (27 posts)
- Blued (18 posts)
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Grindr Polled 10K Users About Love During the Pandemic
OUT.COM - Feb 23 - Gay men are still hooking up, but there's a greater emphasis on love and safety than in pre-pandemic days, according to Grindr's recent survey. According to Grindr, 64% of the men surveyed said they were trying to find new socially-distant ways to meet up with other gay men. 48 % said they had virtual hookups, and another 31 % revealed they've hooked up while wearing a mask. 58% said they are now more interested in a long-term relationship and 67% said personality is more important than in pre-pandemic times.
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Grindr to Be Hit With $12M Fine From The Norwegian Data Protection Authority
GLOBAL LEGAL CHRONICLE - Feb 22 - The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has announced its intention to fine NOK100M ($12M) for what the regulator has described as illegal disclosure of user data to advertising firms. Should the fine be finalized, it would be the largest GDPR fine issued in the Nordics.
by Federica Tiefenthaler
See full article at Global Legal Chronicle
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Mozilla Privacy Report Singles out Grindr for Serious Security Lapses
TECH REPUBLIC - Feb 10 - 21 of the 24 dating apps examined were tagged with the "*Privacy Not Included" warning label, noting that apps like Grindr are a "privacy and security nightmare." Mozilla researchers dug deep into the privacy policies and security practices of dating sites, pressing companies with questions like "Can this app or product snoop on me? What data is being collected and who is it shared with? What is the company's track record for protecting users' data? And, What could happen if something goes wrong?" Grindr continues to share other user data, like location, with third parties. Plenty of Fish is also mandating information like users' vehicle ownership and their parents' marital status," the study noted. Lex, built for the lesbian, queer, trans, and non-binary community, collects minimal data, and doesn't share it for marketing purposes. Further, their privacy policy is crystal clear. eHarmony is another app that respects users' privacy and security.
by Jonathan Greig
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Grindr Is Fined $11.7M Under European Privacy Law
NEW YORK TIMES - Jan 26 - The Norwegian Data Protection Authority will fine Grindr $11.7M for illegally disclosing private details about its users to advertising companies. The agency said Grindr had transmitted users' precise locations, user-tracking codes and the app's name to at least five advertising companies, essentially tagging individuals as L.G.B.T.Q. without obtaining their explicit consent, in violation of European data protection law. Grindr shared users' private details with, among other companies, MoPub, Twitter's mobile advertising platform, which may in turn share data with ~100 partners. In a statement, a spokesperson for Grindr said the company had obtained "valid legal consent from all" of its users in Europe on multiple occasions and was confident that its "approach to user privacy is first in class" among social apps. The company has until Feb. 15 to comment on the ruling before it is final.
by Natasha Singer & Aaron Krolik
See full article at New York Times
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Android Apps Still Vulnerable to a Major Bug
ITPRO.CO.UK - Dec 4 - Security researchers have found major Android apps used by hundreds of millions of people, such as Grindr, Bumble, OKCupid are vulnerable to a known flaw that could give attackers access to the app users' phones and data. The security flaw is in Google's widely used Play core library, which lets developers push in-app updates and new feature modules to their Android apps. Google fixed the flaw in April 2020, but the app developers must also install the updated Play core library in their apps to eliminate the threat. Many developers have not yet done this.
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Grindr Faces Backlash From HIV Activists After 'Misleading' Anti-PrEP Ads
PINK NEWS - Nov 30 - Grindr has drawn criticism for pushing out a sponsored advertisement about the HIV-preventative drug Truvada dubbed "misleading" by HIV activists. The Grindr ad states that Truvada has been "linked to kidney failure, bone fractures, and even death, in extreme cases". Truvada, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2004, was a pill long regarded as the goal of research when it came to stemming the global HIV epidemic. "We know that Truvada is very safe," said Matthew Hodson, executive director of HIV advocacy group aidsmap, "as well as being approved for PrEP it is a longtime mainstay of HIV treatment."
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Grindr Accused of Letting Racist Users Get Away With 'Zero Consequences'
PINKNEWS.CO.UK - Oct 28 - Racist Grindr users often face "zero consequences whatsoever" on the gay dating app, according to researcher Gene Lim, who is currently completing a PhD at Monash University in Melbourne investigating sexual racism. Grindr bans racism and discrimination in its community guidelines, but Lim said that such behaviour often goes unpunished.
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