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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS
Top Android shopping apps collect users’
personal information through trackers
A privacy risk assessment on Opera Max, a leading da-
ta management and data savings app for Android, re-
vealed that more than half of the top 60 Android shop-
ping apps collect users’ personal information through
trackers.
What’s more, another research shows that personal
information such as user's name, email address, lo-
cations, search terms and phone number are shared
with third parties through trackers.
Some of the most “leaky” shopping apps, such as
Amazon, BestBuy, JC Penney and Newegg, in fact “Most people would not reveal their credit card details
send relatively high numbers of trackers. or full name to employees of a physical store where
they live, when shopping and browsing for products.
The study also shows that as many as 96% of the But on mobile apps, people are not aware that this kind
shopping apps did not use full encryption to connect of information can be shared,” says Sergey Lossev,
the apps to their servers, posing privacy risks to mo- Head of Product, Opera Max. “That is why we have
bile shoppers when they are using these apps. implemented privacy mode in Opera Max. We want to
educate our users by revealing which apps are sharing
Personal data can be shared with third parties their data through trackers without permission.”
through trackers on shopping apps or unencrypted
http connections over mobile carrier connections. New Opera Max enhances Android users’ privacy
Sensitive data such as bank account numbers and
other financial information, which are stored in online Opera Max therefore launched its new privacy mode
retailer accounts or shopping apps, can be intercept- feature, offering real-time alerts on the privacy mode
ed and read by identity thieves via public or unse- timeline so that users can easily see which apps are
cured Wi-Fi networks. sending high-risk requests, thus putting their privacy at
risk.
6 November 2016 - Customer Relationship Management (CRM:)
Top Android shopping apps collect users’
personal information through trackers
A privacy risk assessment on Opera Max, a leading da-
ta management and data savings app for Android, re-
vealed that more than half of the top 60 Android shop-
ping apps collect users’ personal information through
trackers.
What’s more, another research shows that personal
information such as user's name, email address, lo-
cations, search terms and phone number are shared
with third parties through trackers.
Some of the most “leaky” shopping apps, such as
Amazon, BestBuy, JC Penney and Newegg, in fact “Most people would not reveal their credit card details
send relatively high numbers of trackers. or full name to employees of a physical store where
they live, when shopping and browsing for products.
The study also shows that as many as 96% of the But on mobile apps, people are not aware that this kind
shopping apps did not use full encryption to connect of information can be shared,” says Sergey Lossev,
the apps to their servers, posing privacy risks to mo- Head of Product, Opera Max. “That is why we have
bile shoppers when they are using these apps. implemented privacy mode in Opera Max. We want to
educate our users by revealing which apps are sharing
Personal data can be shared with third parties their data through trackers without permission.”
through trackers on shopping apps or unencrypted
http connections over mobile carrier connections. New Opera Max enhances Android users’ privacy
Sensitive data such as bank account numbers and
other financial information, which are stored in online Opera Max therefore launched its new privacy mode
retailer accounts or shopping apps, can be intercept- feature, offering real-time alerts on the privacy mode
ed and read by identity thieves via public or unse- timeline so that users can easily see which apps are
cured Wi-Fi networks. sending high-risk requests, thus putting their privacy at
risk.
6 November 2016 - Customer Relationship Management (CRM:)
