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Tuesday 17 April 2018

Over 3,000 apps are illegally collecting data

The news of Facebook data leaked was not over yet, another research disturbing Internet users came out.
If you feel that your personal data is just leaking from Facebook, let's know that many apps can also be dangerous for your personal information.
According to a Independent report, a research has appeared in which more than 3,000 300 applications on Google Play are collecting children's data.
The report states that half of the 5855 apps on Google Play are violating US privacy laws, the law was made to protect the children less than 13 years of age.
The surprising thing was that the 256 apps on Google Play attempted to find children's locality without the permission of the parent.
While other apps were acquired such information as personal information about children, such as email, name, home address and phone number.
Research also showed that most of the data receiving apps are available free of charge on Google Play.
This research was conducted on Android but no guess could be found about apps on Apple iPhone and iPod now, it is believed that getting access to data from apps available on other stores including Apple Store. The efforts will be done, however, in this regard, anything is per-said.

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