Grindr has already faced questions about its control and use of personal data. After the data sharing was made public by European researchers in 2018, the company said it would stop sharing H.I.V. Last year was the first time Cfius appeared to be concerned about the purchase of companies that contained sensitive data. to reassign personnel headed to China, and was considered among the largest losses of sensitive security information in decades. The Obama administration declined to publicly concede that the breach was committed by Chinese intelligence services.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2019 16:26 UTC