Grindr will pay £26m to settle a UK lawsuit brought by thousands of users who alleged the dating app shared highly sensitive personal data, including in some cases their HIV status, with advertising companies. The case, filed at the high court of England and Wales in 2024 by law firm Austen Hays, concerned alleged breaches of UK privacy law relating to Grindr's practices up to early 2020, when the app was owned by Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech. The settlement is significant given the sensitivity of the data involved and highlights ongoing scrutiny of how dating and health-adjacent apps handle users' private information.

Austen Hays represented around 12,000 people, who stand to receive an average of £2,167 each if the settlement is divided equally. Grindr, which says it is the world's largest dating app for gay, bi, trans and queer people, denies liability and says the settlement contains no admission of wrongdoing, while acknowledging the "distress and loss of trust" felt by affected UK users. The company says it has overhauled its privacy practices since 2020, following a change of ownership and its 2022 listing on the New York Stock Exchange, and will pay £13m by the end of this year and a further £13m by the end of March 2027.