The privacy company Incogni has found that about 55% of the apps on Google Play collect user data and share it with third parties. The results of the research on the most popular 1,000 applications were published on the company’s official blog page.
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According to experts, free apps are 7 times more likely to collect personal data than paid ones. Popular apps collect 6 times more data than less well-known apps. It should be noted that the first 3 categories that collect the most data are social media, business and shopping applications.
Meta apps collect the most data
Incogni’s research revealed that Meta applications such as Facebook, Facebook Lite, Messenger Lite, Messenger and Instagram collect the most data. However, while these apps collect almost all the information there is to know about you, it declares that it will share a relatively small portion of it with third parties.
It was found that 4.9% of tested apps admitted not encrypting data in transit. This makes your personal information vulnerable to data breaches. At first glance, this may seem like a low percentage, but here the situation is slightly different.
Less than half of apps declare that data is encrypted in transit. So the number of applications that do not encrypt your data may actually be much higher. Experts recommend that you avoid downloading unnecessary applications and, if possible, enter fake information to protect your personal data.
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