App appears to be violating privacy descriptions given to Apple
Hi all,
I was browsing around for a new fitness app and found one I like a lot. I was particularly impressed with their claimed 0 data collection, it has the blue tick.
Later that day, my privacy app Lockdown showed that app connecting to Facebook, Google servers (more than just ads) and other data trackers and marketers. I checked again, the app then Lockdown and sure enough it's busy working away the background contacting various trackers, ads etc. Data not collected doesn't appear true. They might only be serving ads, but I doubt it.
I'm shocked and really ticked off. We know thanks to recent tech media reports that some apps aren't actually doing what they've reported to Apple in the 'nutrition label'. The nutrition labels have no value if they're based on lies.
What to do? Surely, shooting off an email asking the app dev. isn't ideal. If they are up to mischief, and have lied to Apple and consumers, then surely alerting them, like tapping a bank robber on the shoulder that the cops are coming isn't going to help. Does Apple have a dedicated area for this?
