Privacy and smartphone apps: What data your phone may be giving away (CBC Marketplace)

market. We give up a lot of personal information when we download

apps

on our

smart

phone

s from our text messages. Call logs. Photos and more. What are they? What companies do with all our

data

in general, we see that free applications are not really free, if we look at the true sense of the word, we expect them to be free because we do not pay for them, but that really means that we pay with Our expert in

data

apps

, Domingo Guerra, says that companies could be collecting more data than they need in order to sell it, so if the developer is going to sell

your

information to a third party, such as an advertising network, then they will not only have to Tell me,

your

name or your game. habits, but also maybe its location is more valued, so it helps the developer charge the highest price.

What are some of the

privacy

concerns when it comes to collecting this data? There are many unanswered questions as a consumer about

what

will happen to our data how long it will be kept and if there is any way to delete it in the future it seems like companies have taken over our lives and our data so

what

is being done to protect Our information? We'll visit the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to find out. Our app could access things like text messages,

phone

calls, camera, microphone, GPS locator, the list really goes on if you downloaded our app, we would have had access to all of that from your phone, that doesn't worry you, of course it does.

Daniel Task says that is why we should all think before installing and what about those long agreements, companies should make better efforts. To explain, it means essentially shorter

privacy

policies or notices that perhaps focus on uses of information that the consumer would not expect. It seems like that falls on businesses, but what are you doing as Privacy Commissioner to lead the charge and make sure that's happening? One of the issues we are consulting on is whether we should have stronger enforcement powers, such as the authority to order companies to change their practices or even impose fines as many other US countries do in Western Europe, In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission has fined companies between $2,500 and $800,000 for privacy violations, and in Europe they force companies to disclose exactly where their information goes, but Terrianne says that all the power to do is to reveal it. warnings What can you say to Canadians who want you to do a better job of protecting their privacy?

I think we do a lot with the authority we have and while all we do under current law is make recommendations, this has resulted in changes and practices to businesses until there is more action on the federal front it seems like it's up to us to police our own data, you don't really know what your dream is, yeah, back to our testers, here's my app manager, we're. showing them how they can better protect their data right now all my apps are here I click on Instagram Accept permissions and I can turn off the camera if I want to contact location microphone phone SMS storage your app manager is the place to go place to control what information you are

giving

and if there are apps on your phone that you no longer use, it is better to delete them because they could still be collecting your data now armed with knowledge, there is only one thing left for our testers Would I like to ask you to delete the My Daily Horoscope app?

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