The California-based app Grindr is accused of sharing user data without explicit consent.

The incident dates back to the era of well-publicized hacks on corporations such as Target, Sony and Home Depot.

The decision stems from a bug that allowed thousands of people's private tweets to be made public between late 2014 and early 2019.

Hardware from the decommissioning of two facilities in 2016 still had some customer data on it by the time it reached recyclers.

Two Democrats want to provide new regulatory powers for the Federal Trade Commission so that it can punish companies like Equifax and others in the credit reporting…