How much of our personal data do the regular apps we use actually collect?
May 10, 2022
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The services that companies offer almost always require you to give certain permissions. For example from Google Maps to use the navigation service offered, your location You have
The services that companies offer almost always require you to give certain permissions. For example from Google Maps to use the navigation service offered, your location You have to let him know. Other similar applications also ask us for certain permissions for their purposes. And we give immediate access to that service, no matter what they are.
Well, without looking into the details applications we offerinformation which one exactly? By the way, there are permissions that can make you think about indispensable applications of our daily lives. utilities, Clarios Let’s see which application contains which data using the infographic it has put together.
Among those that collect the least data are Google’s business-oriented apps, namely Google Docs, Sheets and Gmail: these are the data they collect
E-mail
First name Last Name
device used
Directory
Languages used
Considering all categories, only these applications 12.82 of them is collecting.
Zoom, one of the vital parts of the business and school world with the pandemic, collects 20.51 percent of personal data:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
device used
Receive visual data to scan objects, faces and background on the screen
Directory
Languages used
In recent years, it has made its name known to a wide audience. Zoomcollects certain visual data. Data for this area of filters It ensures good performance in application.
WhatsApp has lost many users in the past, especially in the area of our country, causing great privacy concerns. The data it currently collects is as follows:
E-mail
First name Last Name
direct location
telephone number
Device type
Directory
photos in gallery
Languages used
For WhatsApp, which collects 20.51 percent of the total data, such as in Zoom, this number is something in yourself. aroused suspicion or you see little it could be. But let’s just say we’re not even in the middle of our list going from smallest to largest.
Would you think that so much data would be collected on YouTube?
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
marital status
telephone number
home phonenumber
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
Languages used
Obviously YouTube. More than WhatsApp data collection is quite unexpected. But the thing to remember is that it’s not the amount of data that matters. nature of know that you are valuable. Finally, the platform calculates the percentage of the total data. 23.08 of that is collecting.
Google Maps, “What’s up?” it wants access to the data you would say:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Device type
current employers
Hobbies
Image data
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Image data in Google Maps makes the environment better accurate somehow being asked to get acquainted. Other rights are: the most important goal: seems to serve. The data collected by Maps is 23.08 percent of the total.
How can Netflix, where we watch TV series or movies, collect more data than we’ve counted so far?
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
home address
Mobile number
home phonenumber
Device type
Areas of Interest
bank account information
voice recognition
Languages used
Percentage of total data 25.64 of them collector Netflix, must request some of this information from the users at the step of joining. Others to the user special It’s not hard to imagine being used in areas like content suggesting.
Twitter collects more data than Netflix, as we can imagine. But in this regard, it doesn’t even come close to its main competitor Facebook:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
Sex
direct location
Device type
Information about friends on social networks
visual facial recognition
Visual environment recognition
Directory
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Languages used
See so many items your twitter You may think it stores a very serious amount of data. While this is partially true depending on the nature of the data, these items represent a percentage of the total data. 33.33 of them covers.
Who could have guessed? Spotify collects a lot of data from Twitter:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
Sex
home address
telephone number
home phonenumber
Device type
Areas of Interest
bank account information
Information about friends, hobbies and interests on social media
Percentage of total data 35.90 from you Spotify usually uses this data to recommend new songs based on their interests. Apart from this, every user of the application every year, summary of what you heard We also know what you offer.
Both the quality and quantity of the data TikTok aims to collect are at a higher level than the others:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
telephone number
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
bank account information
Friends, hobbies and interests on social media accounts
Face recognition
Getting to know the area
Object recognition
Directory
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Using language
total data up to 46.15 percent to achieve TikTokespecially for recognizing objects, sounds and people with the requested permissions concern. But let’s not forget that the application needs access to these parts to continue its service in the camera center.
“What information can Uber, which we only use for transportation, get from us?”
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
Sex
direct location
home address
Work status
appealed
telephone number
home phonenumber
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
Current employer
former employers
Friends, hobbies and interests on social media
Face recognition
Directory
Access to the gallery
Using language
Uber’s the data it requests access to, the total 56.41 percent forms. Because of these previously requested permissions your criticism The company, the target of the company, said these permissions are necessary for the application to run in its most efficient form.
When we come to Tinder, we even have to declare if we have a pet:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
Sex
sexual orientation
marital status
direct location
Work status
appealed
information about pets
telephone number
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
Mate
Weight
Bank information
Friends, hobbies and interests on social media
Face recognition
Getting to know the area
Object recognition
Directory
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Using language
tinder, a platform that matches users with the available data. Therefore, the more data it has, the more so accurate can make matches. The percentage of all data 61.54 of them That he wants to collect does not make you think for a moment.
What do we have left? The data Instagram collects is 69.23 percent of all data:
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
sexual orientation
direct location
home address
Work status
Function
information about pets
telephone number
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
Mate
Weight
current employers
former employers
Friends, hobbies and interests on social media
Face recognition
Getting to know the area
Object recognition
Directory
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Using language
Popular social media platform Instagramalmost all information 70 percent of He wants to collect. In the application we can look for the logic of so many permissions in that direction because there are separate processes in the story section, in the main stream section and in the exploration section in different directions.
If it’s missing, we complete it, or it completes us: Facebook wants almost 80 percent of personal data
E-mail
First name Last Name
Age
sexual orientation
marital status
race
Believe
direct location
home address
Work status
Function
information about pets
telephone number
home phonenumber
Device type
Hobbies
Areas of Interest
Family members
current employers
former employers
Friends, hobbies and interests on social media
Face recognition
Getting to know the area
Object recognition
Directory
voice recognition
Access to the gallery
Using language
Facebook uses all personal data to fulfill its functions. 79.49 percent she wants to know. At this point, the ones left out are the height, weight, mother surname before marriagebank details, salary, country of birth, allergies and lifestyle information.
I’m Maurice Knox, a professional news writer with a focus on science. I work for Div Bracket. My articles cover everything from the latest scientific breakthroughs to advances in technology and medicine. I have a passion for understanding the world around us and helping people stay informed about important developments in science and beyond.