1 outlets · filed 12 October 2026
Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing
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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Both outlets center the same enforcement action against Microsoft-owned Xandr and the same $9.6 million figure. BleepingComputer adds the most detail, describing the regulator as Norway’s Data Protection Authority and saying the penalty concerns unlawful processing and sharing of Grindr users’ sensitive data. Engadget alone notes that Xandr has three weeks to appeal the record penalty.
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