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Norway fined a Microsoft subsidiary $9.6 million for allegedly misusing Grindr user data
Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has 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. [...]
What the coverage shows
Both outlets center the same enforcement action against Microsoft-owned Xandr and the same $9.6 million figure. BleepingComputer adds the most detail, describing the regulator as Norway’s Data Protection Authority and saying the penalty concerns unlawful processing and sharing of Grindr users’ sensitive data. Engadget alone notes that Xandr has three weeks to appeal the record penalty.
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