These apps are more like a glorified data farm.
Among the various categories of apps that exist out there, some by their nature store more of your personal information as compared to others. One such niche is dating apps that have gained momentum over the past decade. However, there’s something shady that has been going on all the while in the background.
In a study [PDF] conducted by the Norwegian Consumer Council named Forbrukerrådet on 10 apps, it has been found out that several popular dating apps such as Tinder, OkCupid & Grindr along with certain popular menstrual help apps such as Clue and MyDays have been sharing the personal data of users with as much as 135 different third parties for advertising purposes.
This data includes one’s location, age, gender, sexual orientation, drug use, religious & political views although varying from case to case depending on the information one has given to these specific apps.
Researchers analyzed tons of app, here are some of them.
Yet, we’ve seen this happening before and looks like no learned from it. Two years ago, Grindr was discovered sharing the HIV status’ of its users whereas Tinder was found giving away 100m accurate location data. The cause of alarm though lies in the fact that users at a fault too here.
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