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Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing

·Source: BleepingComputer

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Executive Summary

Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. [...]

Analysis

Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. [...]
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Originally published by BleepingComputer on Oct 12, 2026.

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