Grindr fine cut to $7 million in Norway data privacy case

FILE PHOTO: The Grindr app is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken in Shanghai, China, March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/Illustration/File Photo

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Data Protection Authority (DPA) has handed dating app Grindr a reduced 65 million Norwegian crown ($7.14 million) fine over illegal disclosure of user data to advertisers, saying the company had moved to address issues regarding its practices.

The DPA's initial plan last January was to fine Grindr 100 million crowns, but it said on Wednesday that it had reduced the amount because of new information on the company's finances and changes Grindr has made "to remedy the deficiencies in their previous consent-management platform".