North Dakota's contact tracing app shares location with Foursquare, GoogleNorth Dakota's contact tracing app is sharing data with some odd companies.
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North Dakota's contact tracing app is sharing user data without their knowledge.
Privacy company Jumbo reported that the app shares user location data.
Data is being shared with Foursquare and Google.
North Dakota is one of the first states in the U.S. to release its own contact tracing app, Care19. While the app says that it does keep its user's information private, it appears that it may not be true. Jumbo, the creators of the Jumbo privacy app, has discovered some concerning data-sharing practices that its CEO shared in a blog post.
"Today, we are sharing our first privacy review about Care19, the contact tracing app made by the state of North Dakota (US). We hope that these findings will help the health agencies that are currently working on similar apps to make sure privacy is respected."
The first thing that the company found was that, while the app only stores data on t...
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North Dakota's contact tracing app shares location with Foursquare, Google
