Buzzfeed has reported and the gay hook-up site Grindr has confirmed that it has shared HIV status of its members to two firms who specialize in improving related application performance. Buzzfeed claims that Grindr shared a great deal of personal information on its users including ” GPS position, ‘tribe’ (meaning what gay subculture they identify with), sexuality, relationship status, ethnicity, and phone ID to other third-party advertising companies.” More

While gay advocacy group ACT UP has declared this an “extremely, extremely egregious breach of basic standards,” Grindr has released a statement declaring such data sharing practices common place in the industry. More