- From: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:18:25 -0400
- To: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
In Pandora sends user GPS, sex, birthdate, other data to ad servers At http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/04/pandora-transmits-gps-gender-birthdate-other-data-to-ad-servers.ars Pandora's Android app transmits a plethora of personal information to third parties after all, at least according to an analysis done by security firm Veracode. The company decided to do a follow-up on the news that Pandora—among other mobile app makers—was being investigated by a federal grand jury, and found that data about the user's birth date, gender, Android ID, and GPS information were all being sent to various advertising -- Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software
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