The Journal reported that the data did not include details such as names or phone numbers. The data, which was purchased by clients of a mobile advertising company, allowed unknown third parties to know sensitive information about users, including whom they were dating, where they lived and worked, and where they spent their free time. The company awned The Wall Street Journal that it ceased sharing data with advertisers beginning two years ago by cutting off the flow of any location information.
Grindr, the popular gay dating app, sold data that tracked the precise movements of millions of its users beginning in 2017, which may have led to the outing of a senior Catholic priest, according to a report.
