Accuweather collects data from users, even if they don't want to
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AccuWeather is one of the most popular Weather apps out there. Millions of users worldwide use it daily. Like most applications, AccuWeather also collects user data. In many cases, this information is used to improve the application or detect failures.
AccuWeather collects data from users, even if they don't want to
Generally, when installing an application , permission is usually requested to access certain data. Something common and what we are all used to. If the user decides not to grant that permission, the application has no right to collect data. But, there are applications that do not respect that. Among them is AccuWeather.
Data collection
It has recently been shown that the weather application does not comply with this request from users. And although the user has said that he does not want his data to be collected, the application does it anyway. A clear privacy violation that has been detected on iOS.
AccuWeather sends user information to another company's servers. Even in cases where users have requested that their data not be collected. Among the data that the application has collected are the location with precise GPS coordinates, the SSID of our Wi-Fi network and information about the status of the Bluetooth.
It is certainly a major problem that AccuWeather is facing. Apple has been very strict in the past with its policies, so the app could even be removed from the App Store. At the moment the application has not offered any statement in this regard. So you have to wait first for that to happen. And it is expected that after that, it will be Apple who speaks and makes some decision about it.
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