The settlement, disclosed in a September 4 regulatory filing with the **Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)**, will see **Grindr** make two lump-sum payments by the end of December and March, respectively. The legal challenge, initiated in April 2024 by UK users, centered on alleged violations of the country's privacy laws. These incidents reportedly occurred during a period before early 2020 when **Grindr** was under the ownership and operation of Chinese company, **Kuntun**. ### No Admission of Liability A spokesperson for **Grindr** declined to comment further, referencing the company's statement in the **SEC** filing. The statement explicitly notes that the settlement "includes no findings or admission of liability." Despite this, **Grindr** acknowledged the "distress and loss of trust expressed by some of its UK users regarding that pre-2020 period." ### Post-2020 Privacy Overhaul The company asserts that since its change in ownership in 2020, it has undertaken a significant "overhaul of its privacy program with a keen focus on the unique needs of its community." **Grindr** maintains that it "is and remains a safe space for users, committed to transparency, user control, and responsible data practices." ### Previous Denials In May 2024, **Grindr**'s then-Chief Privacy Officer, **Kelly Peterson Miranda**, addressed the lawsuit's assertions, denying that health information, specifically HIV last-tested dates, was ever sold or used for advertising purposes. She stated, "We have never used users’ health-related information for any type of advertising purposes as purported in the lawsuit." According to **Miranda**, the information was shared with two service providers to facilitate the development of a new feature allowing users to include their HIV status in a dedicated profile field. She clarified that this sharing was "never a breach" and "never shared unknowingly," but rather done "in encrypted manners for the purposes of actually rolling out and monitoring the feature." The lawsuit reportedly involved approximately 12,000 class members.