Grindr accused of treating gay man’s medical data like ‘piece of meat’

Civil lawsuit against dating company alleges misuse of users’ private information, including HIV status

A gay man who claims his HIV positive status was misused by the dating app Grindr has accused the tech platform of treating his personal medical data like “a piece of meat”.

The man is one of nearly 1,300 people who have joined a civil lawsuit against the US-owned company in the UK high court that alleges the misuse of private information of Grindr users, including details about their HIV status and when they took their last test.