🧑⚖️💰 Norway’s Data Protection Authority has fined Xandr, a Microsoft-owned advertising company, $9.6M (NOK 92 million) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. This is the largest fine it has ever issued.
👉 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/norway-fines-microsoft-ad-firm-96-million-over-grindr-data-sharing/
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