Swedish media on the silent data leak
Our investigation into 75 of Sweden's most-used apps reached national media this week. Here is the coverage, and the report behind it.
This week our investigation into Sweden's most-used apps reached national media.
We scanned 75 of the apps Swedes rely on. Finance, health, food, care, education. We said no to every consent request. Then we logged what the apps did.
87 percent sent personal data to outside companies with no legal basis. Of those, 95 percent sent it beyond Europe. Most of it to the US and Canada.
In finance, every app we tested sent data out. All but one sent it past Europe's borders.
The apps are not obscure. They are the ones people open to manage their money and track their health. The findings are detected, not declared.
Read the full report: Det tysta dataläckaget → Published together with Shibuya by Pulsen.
In The Swedish Press
Interview
FinansWatch — interview with Vibeke Specht on what the scan found
Coverage
Nyheter24 — Your apps can leak sensitive data without you noticing
MSN — Major investigation: popular apps pass on sensitive data
Techtidningen — Popular Swedish apps send data to third parties
IT-Finans — 9 in 10 of Sweden's most popular apps leak users' sensitive data
E55 — Many of Sweden's most popular apps leak user data
Säkerhetsnyheter — Popular apps pass sensitive data on
Dagens.se — Sweden's most-used apps share user data on, often without consent
Dagens.se — Popular apps pass your sensitive data on
Dagens Näringsliv — Popular apps send sensitive data onward
More coverage is being added as it lands.
- For more information on the study and the buzz, contact Vibeke Specht at vibeke [at]peakprivacy.eu