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

BleepingComputer·October 12, 2026·1 min read
Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing

Norway's Data Protection Authority 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. The regulator said the data sharing violated privacy rules, marking a significant penalty for the ad firm.

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