Norway fines Microsoft's Xandr $9.6M for sharing Grindr users' sexual orientation data
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-13
Norwegian regulators have fined Microsoft's advertising unit Xandr $9.6 million for illegally sharing Grindr users' sexual orientation data with thousands of advertisers.
The enforcement highlights how strictly protected categories like sexual orientation are treated under privacy law — sharing such data for ad targeting without valid consent constitutes a serious violation.
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