Application system "Android" secretly collects data users and sells

Android operating system and supports all existing applications to run in "Google Play"

Revealed to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the application of a free system "Android " that violates the privacy of its users to collect their personal data secretly and Mcharkha with third parties without their consent .

The Federal Trade Commission has received the U.S. complaint that the application Brightest Flashlight, developed by Golden Shores, violates the privacy of its users , to investigate the complaint and discovered her health .

The Commission explained that Golden Shores violated the privacy of users of the application Brightest Flashlight hers , through the collection of data identity and location of millions of users taking advantage of the powers granted to the approval of the application when it is installed.

She said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission , in an official statement , the data gathered from the application were sold to companies and advertising networks without the consent or knowledge of the users.

The application uses the Brightest Flashlight, which allows the user to control the light sources in the organs operating system "Android " and convert flash to light the lamp for lighting , exceeding 50 million users, where the application is available for free on the shop " Google Play ."

For her part, Jessica Rich, director of the Office of Consumer Protection in the U.S. , if the application leaving users in the " dark " about how to use the information that is collected about them , adding that the application developers - especially free - they provide real options for users through which they can approve or refusal to share their data.

This , and confirmed to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it has reached a settlement with Golden Shores stating the need to give users more control over what happens to their data being collected across applications being developed .

It is noteworthy that the settlement deal between the U.S. and Golden Shores included also delete all the data collected by the application Brightest Flashlight previously , in addition to reworking the privacy policy of those applications to illustrate the way the company deals with users of data applications.