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iOS data octopuses from the App Store
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In many smaller companies, it is common for company communication to take place via a private smartphone. It's dangerous enough as it is. But you should also know that many apps evaluate the data for advertising purposes. Here is an analysis list of 100 iOS apps from the Apple App Store and how much data they collect. Since 2009, the number of smartphone owners has increased tenfold from 6,3 million to 62,6 million in 2021 (Statista.com). For almost every user, mobile applications - apps - are an essential part of everyday life...

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4 years GDPR: 1,6 billion euros fines, 1.000 violations

A small summary after 4 years of GDPR: data protection authorities sanctioned more than 1.000 violations with fines of 1,6 billion euros. Public service and SMEs with a clearly visible lack of compliance in data protection issues. Violations punished in Germany primarily affect SMEs. On the occasion of the anniversary of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the data protection experts from heyData took a look back at all GDPR fine procedures and took stock. Since 2018, the responsible European data protection authorities have punished a total of 1.072 data protection violations with fines of more than 1,6 billion euros. A striking number of data protection violations in the public sector Gaps in data protection…

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Security: Android apps want up to 75 access permissions
Security: Android apps want up to 75 access permissions

In smaller companies in particular, there is often no monitoring of the permitted apps on a company smartphone. Nevertheless, companies and employees should keep an eye on which access permissions the apps want to have. heyData took a close look at the access permissions for 100 apps. On the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the decision on the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR), the Compliance-as-a-Service/SaaS company heyData has published a study that provides information about the tracking of user data for the 100 most popular apps in the German Google Play Store. After analyzing the access permissions requested by Android apps on smartphones, a ranking of the most data-hungry apps was created...

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