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After Facebook, Google apologizes for running a user data collection program on iOS

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 by Piyush Suthar | Comments

Home News Tech After Facebook, Google apologizes for running a user data collection program on iOS

Last night, just when we were trying to get our heads around Facebook‘s data collecting program, TechCrunch reported that Google also had an app that monitored users’ activities on an iPhone and rewarded them. The Screenwise Meter app, launched in 2012, had a similar installation process to the Facebook Research app that’s now been shut down. It invited users aged 18 and above (or 13 and above in a family group), to install the app and the enterprise trust certificate in order to monitor users’ activities on their mobile devices. The company has now apologized and shuttered the iOS app: The Screenwise…

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