Read the full piece here. By Kevin Poulsen and Robert McMillan 08/11/20 TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows…
The International Digital Accountability Council has referred a case to the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General regarding a popular fertility app that was secretly sharing vulnerable users’…
By Willie Boag IDAC’s team has found a concerning number of apps are sharing the Advertising ID of its users’ devices inappropriately. According to the Google Play Policy Center, the…
A few notables updates have occurred since the release of IDAC’s original report on COVID-19 mobile apps. Our team has since briefed developers, government officials, and journalists on our investigatory…
By Quentin Palfrey, President, International Digital Accountability Council Read the original post on TheHill here. As governments and employers around the world embrace new technological tools to aid COVID-19 contact-tracing, Congress…
Read the original article here. By TIM STARKS 07/06/2020 The push to use smartphone apps to track the spread of coronavirus is creating a potential jackpot for hackers worldwide— and the…
Days after IDAC released its COVID-19 app investigative report, the privately-owned Indian app, COVID-19 Tracker by Medinin, became unavailable to download on the Google Play Store. In our investigation, our…
Our investigations team recently worked with the developer of a COVID-19 symptom checker app to successfully resolve privacy issues and better protect users’ data. We had initially discovered this particular…
Read the original article here. By STEVEN OVERLY and MOHANA RAVINDRANATH 06/10/2020 07:55 PM EDT The global rush to halt the coronavirus led countries like Australia and South Korea to launch smartphone apps…
Read the original article here. An analysis of more than 100 Covid-19 apps by the International Digital Accountability Council found that many fell short of best practices for privacy and…