HOW WE SHARE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Last updated 2022-07-06

Depending upon your use of the Grindr Services, Grindr shares your Personal Information with others in the following ways:

• The Grindr Community. Grindr enables you to share your Profile Information, Distance Information (i.e., how far you are away in feet or meters), Location (i.e., your precise location), message information, and other activity on the app with users who are part of the Grindr Community.
• Third-Party Partners: Grindr shares Personal Information with a number of third-party partners to bring you the Grindr Services, as described below [LEARN MORE]. For the avoidance of doubt, Grindr only shares HIV status and Last Tested Date with necessary Service Providers such as companies that host data on our behalf (i.e., Amazon Web Services) or help in processing data access requests you initiate (i.e., PartnerHero) - we do not share this information with any advertising companies. We share your Personal Information with third-party partners in the following ways:
  • Service Providers. We share your Personal Information with Service Providers that provide many of the elements necessary to host, manage, and provide you with the Grindr Services services, conduct quality assurance testing, monitor activity on the Grindr Services, provide technical support, and/or to provide other services to Grindr such as perform Grindr Service-related advertisements on third-party platforms. We also may share your Personal Information with machine-learning partners to enhance security and to personalize your experience with the Grindr Services, which includes the use of automated decision-making, and with analytics partners that support our ability to analyze how our users interact with the Grindr Services, allowing us to continuously improve our offerings. Certain third-party partners may also collect information directly from you as described in this Policy (e.g., IDFA/IDFV, device information, etc.) through tracking technologies such as cookies or SDKs. These partners are aware that such data is being transmitted from Grindr. The privacy policies of these third-party partners apply to their collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information.
  • Ad / Marketing Partners. We share your device identifiers (e.g., Identifier For Vendor (“IDFV”) and Android ID), device advertising identifiers (e.g., Identifier for Advertiser (“IDFA”) and Google Ad ID (“GAID”)), and additional Hardware and Software Information (e.g., IP address) with our Ad / Marketing Partners. These third-parties may also collect information directly from you as described in this Privacy and Cookie Policy through tracking technologies such as cookies or SDKs. Our Ad / Marketing Partners are aware that such data is being transmitted from Grindr. The privacy policies of the third-party companies apply to their collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information.
  • Other Partners. We engage with several Other Partners that support the Grindr Services but that you directly access and provide Personal Information to, like Social Media partners for authentication and/or account linking.

• Business Transactions. If another company acquires, or plans to acquire, our company, business, or assets, that company will possess the Personal Information collected by us and will assume the rights and obligations regarding your Personal Information as described in this Policy.
• Legal Obligations. For example, Grindr may preserve or disclose Personal Information in response to a lawful legal request, including: subpoenas, warrants, or court orders; in connection with any legal process; to comply with relevant laws; to establish or exercise our rights to defend against legal claims; if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies; or as otherwise required by law.