Community Health: Colombia dating app dilemma

About this episode

The episode discusses dating app data and the experiences of Colombian youth with intimacy commodification.

This week we're talking to Natalia Andrade and Laura Grisales Silva from Fundación Karisma about dating app data, the commodification of intimacy, and talking to Colombian young people about their experiences. Fundación Karisma are a member of the ⁠Digital Health and Rights Project⁠ . Links More from Fundación Karisma: https://info.karisma.org.co/ 2018 Grindr shared HIV status and more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43624328 2021 Norwegian DPA fines Grindr: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2021/norwegian-dpa-imposes-fine-against-grindr-llc_en Ongoing UK case in which Grindr is being sued: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj7mxnvz42no $40 million Bumble and Badoo class action settlement: https://www.jjlmlaw.com/news/bumble-biometric-privacy-40-million-settlement-approved Criteo loses appeal on their fine: https://cybernews.com/privacy/french-ad-tech-giant-criteo-eur40m-privacy-fine/ Karisma's work on WorldCoin in Colombia: https://blog.karisma.org.co/investigar-lo-invisible-del-iris-a-worldcoin-herramientas-de-investigacion-para-transformar-la-curiosidad-en-accion/ WorldCoin in Colombia…

People in this episode

Guests: Natalia Andrade, Laura Grisales Silva

Topics covered

• dating apps
• data privacy
• commodification of intimacy
• youth experiences
• Colombia
• health data

Keywords

• dating apps
• data privacy
• Colombia
• youth
• intimacy
• health data
• Fundación Karisma

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fundación Karisma, Digital Health and Rights Project, Grindr, Bumble, Badoo, Criteo

Places: Colombia

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