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Title: 60 percent of apps fail basic privacy tests, finds international cross-governmental study
Post by: HCK on September 13, 2014, 09:00:25 am
60 percent of apps fail basic privacy tests, finds international cross-governmental study

  A review of 1,211 apps carried out by a coalition of privacy officials across 19 countries found that 60 percent of them failed at least one basic privacy test, reports the WSJ. The officials found that 60% of apps raised privacy concerns, based on three criteria: They did not disclose how they used personal information; […]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=340860&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

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