An analysis of more than 20,000 health-related applications by researchers at Sydney-based Macquarie University found thousands have “serious problems with privacy” and “collection of personal user information” is “pervasive,” The Star reports. The researchers said “inadequate privacy disclosures” prevent users from “making informed choices." A quarter of the apps violated their own privacy policies, and 90% of data transmissions were on "behalf of third party services, such as external advertisers, analytics, and tracking providers.”
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