Several Popular Apps Share Data With Facebook Without User Consent (ft.com)

Some of the most popular apps for Android smartphones, including Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, are transmitting data to Facebook without the consent of users in a potential breach of EU regulations. From a report: In a study of 34 popular Android apps, the campaign group Privacy International found that at least 20 of them send certain data to Facebook the second that they are opened on a phone, before users can be asked for permission. Information sent instantly included the app's name, the user's unique ID with Google, and the number of times the app was opened and closed since being downloaded. Some, such as travel site Kayak, later sent detailed information about people's flight searches to Facebook, including travel dates, whether the user had children and which flights and destinations they had searched for. European law on data-sharing changed in May with the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation and mobile apps are required to have the explicit consent of users before collecting their personal information.

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The list...

[Known Nutter]

Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal
Duolingo: Learn Languages Free
Family Locator - GPS Tracker
Indeed Job Search
Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor & Pulse Checker
KAYAK Flights, Hotels & Cars
King James Bible (KJV) Free
Muslim Pro - Prayer Times, Azan, Quran & Qibla
My Talking Tom / My Talking Hank etc
Period Tracker Clue: Period & Ovulation Calculator
Qibla Connect® Find Direction- Prayer, Azan, Quran
Shazam
Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = Off)
Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = On)
Spotify Music
Super-Bright LED Flashlight
The Weather Channel: Local Forecast & Weather Maps
TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants Attractions
VK (vkontakte)
Yelp
Salatuk (Prayer time)

Bible - Audio, Daily Verse, Study & Offline, Free
BMI Calculator & Weight Loss Tracker
Candy Crush Saga
Clean Master - Antivirus, Cleaner & Booster
Dropbox
HP ePrint (No Longer in Google Play Store)
Opera Browser
Period Tracker, My Calendar
Phone Tracker By Number
Security Master - Antivirus, VPN, AppLock, Booster
Skater Boy
Speedtest by Ookla
WeChat

Re:The list...

[PixetaledPikachu]

Calorie Counter - MyFitnessPal Duolingo: Learn Languages Free Family Locator - GPS Tracker Indeed Job Search Instant Heart Rate: HR Monitor & Pulse Checker KAYAK Flights, Hotels & Cars King James Bible (KJV) Free Muslim Pro - Prayer Times, Azan, Quran & Qibla My Talking Tom / My Talking Hank etc Period Tracker Clue: Period & Ovulation Calculator Qibla Connect® Find Direction- Prayer, Azan, Quran Shazam Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = Off) Skyscanner - Cheap Flights, Hotels and Car Rental (Ad Personalisation = On) Spotify Music Super-Bright LED Flashlight The Weather Channel: Local Forecast & Weather Maps TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Restaurants Attractions VK (vkontakte) Yelp Salatuk (Prayer time)

Bible - Audio, Daily Verse, Study & Offline, Free BMI Calculator & Weight Loss Tracker Candy Crush Saga Clean Master - Antivirus, Cleaner & Booster Dropbox HP ePrint (No Longer in Google Play Store) Opera Browser Period Tracker, My Calendar Phone Tracker By Number Security Master - Antivirus, VPN, AppLock, Booster Skater Boy Speedtest by Ookla WeChat

According to the article, the list of offending apps stopped at Salatuk. The rest, starting from Bible up to wechat do not or no longer share infos to facebook

Re:Who Cares

[Mr. Dollar Ton]

Nobody cares. On a rooted Android phone with a privacy guard, firewall and a good blocklist, no app can get or send data anyway.

Re: They don't care because it's in a EULA

[gravewax]

GDPR is defined by location AND citizenship, it is most definitely NOT confined to the physical continent of Europe. You can do transactions completely external to Europe that can send your company into a GDPR legal mess.