These apps are sharing a lot of your data online

Home News Computing (Image credit: Shutterstock) Following Apple’s recent introduction of privacy labels in the App Store, the secure cloud storage provider pCloud decided to take a deeper look into the mobile apps we use everyday to determine which apps share the most personal data.To compile its new Invasive apps study, the firm analyzed the iPhone maker’s “Third Party Advertising” and “Developer’s Advertising or Marketing” sections from its privacy labels to find out which apps share the most data with third parties as well as which apps collect the most data for their own marketing.pCloud’s research found that 52 percent of all apps share your data with third parties that are either associated with a company that runs a particular app or they might just pay a fee to access user data. Of these apps, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn collect the most personal data at 79, 57 and 50 percent respectively.We’ve built a list of the best VPN services availableThese are the best identity theft protection services on the marketAlso check out our roundup of the best firewallWhen it comes to sharing your information though, Instagram was the biggest offender as its app shares 79 percent of user data with…
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