An interesting study conducted by StockApps found out which companies collect the most data from their users, and the truth is that most of the results they provided fall into what was expected, except for one detail, which is Facebook ranked lower than we imaginedsomething that is actually quite curious given the history that this company has.

The chart is very clear. Google is the company that collects the most data since then scored 39 in this study, followed by Twitter with 24 points, Amazon with 23 points, Facebook with 14 points and Apple with 12 points. The study highlights that the big N collects everything from a user’s exact location to their browsing history and activity on third-party apps and websites.

Surprised? Well, you shouldn’t, but wait, this isn’t over yet. The report also says that Google is collecting emails in users’ Gmail accounts, as well as other types of personal user information, creating a cocktail so diverse that it goes so far as to Mountain View tends to collect almost any kind of user data.

Google offers a lot of free services, so Much of this data is used to maintain and improve it, but it is clear that they are also used in targeted advertising. Nothing new under the sun, although having data in hand and backed up by a message is something that many users need to realize that if something is free, it’s because you’re a product, one way or another.

As for Twitter, Amazon and Facebook, the report highlights that all three collect large amounts of user information, but mostly data entered by the users themselves. As for Apple, since then, the apple company has been the most respectful of user privacy collects only information necessary for accounting of its users, with all that entails.

Apple is telling the truth when it boasts that it does not collect data from its users beyond what is absolutely necessary, while Google plays on a completely different level. What are we going to talk about, after all, we live at a time when data has become paramount for big tech companies, not only because of everything related to targeted advertising, which has been hit hard by blockers, but also because of the value they bring to the development and improvement of services and applications.