Catholic Church official resigns for gay bars and Grindr [Location Data Privacy]

Before everyone gets distracted by the religion and hypocrisy angles, from the article, a key issue is the brokering of (quite ineffectively) “anonymized” data:

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Why it matters: The small Catholic outlet, The Pillar, was able to achieve this by obtaining "anonymized" data from a broker, and having a consulting firm analyze it and link it to the church official — showing how easy and legally this can now be done.

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