Which apps are the least friendly when it comes to respecting user privacy?

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Instagram is currently the mobile application collecting the most personal data from its users. The social network has been found to share as much as 79% of the personal data provided by the user, compared to 57% for Facebook and 50% for LinkedIn and Uber Eats.

While the collection of personal data — whether it be a name, address, e-mail or telephone number — was long an issue poorly understood or ignored by the public, it is now a source of concern for many internet users.

Facebook made headlines (once again) at the beginning of the year by revising WhatsApp’s terms of use, which favored the exchange of personal information with the Facebook application. At the same time, Apple has announced that it will introduce a warning message in the next version of iOS for each new download in the App Store. This will warn users that they must accept that their personal data will be collected by the application they want to install.

The top 10 apps that share the most user data are:

1. Instagram
2. Facebook
3. LinkedIn
4. Uber Eats
5. YouTube
6. eBay
7. TikTok
8. Reddit
9. Snapchat
10. Spotify

This study by statistics portal Statista is based solely on privacy data from the App Store (iOS), grouped into a total of 14 categories. JB

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