A lot of Android apps are illegal, because they are private lwa data of users to share with advertisers. That says the member of the European Commission Viviane Reding. It is unclear how they action want to take action against apps that data pipelining.
According to Reding, people don’t think about what data apps all from your phone, upload to your own servers, ” she says in a response to tv-station Channel4. They say they worry about the fact that developers of apps share data with advertisers. “It is against the law, because no one has the right to have your personal information, without your permission. They watching you, they follow you, they know where you’ve been, who your friends are and what preferences you have. That was not what you thought when you a free app downloaded.”
Channel4 made a documentary on the dates that Android apps can collect about users. That apps relatively easily privacy-sensitive information is known already for years. For users with root access, there are also already some time apps which permissions each app can be controlled. Users give when installing an app access to certain data. It is unclear how many users the list with permissions. It is not possible to install the app without those permissions to grant.
Or Reding measures will take is unknown. In the United States, the press for privacy in smartphone apps more control after recent scandals about ‘providerspyware’ Carrier IQ and social-netwerkapp Path, that transparently address books of users uploaded. Privacyorganisatie Electronic Frontier Foundation has a directive, privacy rules for app developers published. A senator has, in addition, the Federal Trade Commission asked Apple and Google to investigate for resolving privacy infractions once in the apps.