By: Willie Boag and Gauri Gupta On November 23, 2020, The International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) hosted a webinar, “How the 2020 Presidential Campaigns Collect, Share Voter Data and Best…
Throughout the 2020 election, campaign apps and websites transmitted extensive amounts of personal information about users to third parties, sometimes without disclosure, a new report from a nonprofit Internet watchdog…
Read the original article here. 10/26/20 By Ashri Khandelwal Google has removed three children apps namely Princess Salon, Number Coloring and Cats & Cosplay from the Play Store for violating its…
Read the original article here. 10/26/20 By Chris Ciaccia Google has removed three popular apps from the Google Play Store after it was discovered the apps violated laws surrounding data collection…
Gizmodo: Google Removes 3 Children’s Apps From Play Store for Violating Its Data Collection Policies
Read the original article here. 10/24/20 By Jody Serrano Just because a children’s app looks innocuous doesn’t mean it’s not doing some shady stuff in the background. Google has taken action…
Read the original article here. 10/24/20 By Jon Fingas It’s not always easy for app creators to avoid violating kids’ privacy, and a few of those developers are learning this first-hand. TechCrunch reports that…
Read original article here. 10/23/20 By Ingrid Lunden When it comes to apps, Android leads the pack with nearly 3 million apps in its official Google Play store. The sheer volume also…
In response to outreach from researchers from the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC), Google has taken corrective action in connection with three apps – Princess Salon, Number Coloring and Cats…
Read the original article here. 10/21/20 By Joseph Cox A series of popular apps using an outdated piece of code owned by Twitter are exposing their users’ location data. In total,…
Close to 10 million app users’ location data is exposed to an array of cyber attacks due to Twitter’s failure to protect unencrypted data transmissions, the International Digital Accountability Council…