According to a study by @kasnder (author of the app "Tracker Control")
"… 85% of apps
from 2017 could send data to Alphabet/Google, compared to 89% in 2020. Apps
still widely send personal data to tracking companies based in a third-party country
without an ‘adequate’ level of data protection, particularly to those in the US …"
https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b6a86de2-37be-4c00-817d-34171454d5bf
This study received the Stefano Rodotà Award btw (see https://www.sectorplandls.nl/wordpress/uncategorized/konrad-kollnigs-research-award/) – congrats to Konrad!
#Android #tracking #privacy #PlayStore
Regulatory technologies for the study of data and platform power in the app economy - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Tracking, the large-scale collection of data about user behaviour, is commonplace in mobile apps. While some see tracking as a necessary evil to making apps available at lower prices by showing users personalised advertising and selling their data to…ora.ox.ac.uk
Konrad Kollnig
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