Norway fines Xandr a record sum over Grindr data sharing

Norway's data protection authority fined Xandr, now Microsoft Advertising, 92 million crowns (about $10 million) for relaying sexual-orientation data to advertisers via Grindr, and rejected Xandr's reliance on the app's own consent assurances. "Once the data is out there, it is difficult to know where it ends up or how it is used," said agency director Line Coll. noyb called it "a valuable precedent." Seen in: AdExchanger (via Reuters). Published: 14 Oct 2026, 06:03 CEST.