Some apps share your data with facebook

An investigation carried out by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal suggests that at least eleven applications are sharing user data with Facebook, a transmission of information that would be happening even when the users of these apps lack an account on the popular network. Social.

Data shared with Facebook without consent

According to the research results, at least eleven iOS apps are sending users' private data to Facebook, regardless of whether the user has connected to their Facebook account or even whether they have a Facebook account. The personal data provided would also include data related to the health of the users, information that many would consider sensitive.

Furthermore, at least one of these applications has an Android version that, according to The Wall Street Journal , is also participating in this "secret practice".

According to the report, users are not explicitly notified that apps share data with Facebook. Since there is no notification, there is also no way for the user to unsubscribe from data sharing.

Four of the eleven iOS apps implicated in the report are:

• Heart rate monitoring app HR Monitor Flo Health Inc.'s Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker Realtor.com real estate app, owned by Move Inc.Breethe meditation app

Regarding the remaining applications, for the moment, the newspaper has refused to disclose them, although it has confirmed that the application that would share user data from its two versions of iOS and Android is Better Me , a training and loss of weight.

Facebook has already responded by stating that the information these apps may be sending is neither required nor requested, so they could be violating Facebook's data protection policies.

The possible explanation for these facts is that the applications would be using the Faceboo k tools to examine the data of their own users.

Several of the application developers implicated in this scandal responded to The Wall Street Journal, assuring that they will cease this practice, although some have not yet responded.

Via Android Authority Source The Wall Street Journal