The iOS version of the popular video calling app Zoom forwards data from users to Facebook, even if users do not have a Facebook account themselves, research shows. Motherboard. Zoom is not transparent about this to users.
The Zoom app notifies Facebook when the user opens the app, provides details about the user’s device, such as the model, time zone and city from which they connect and which phone company they use. The app also forwards an ID that companies can use to send the user targeted advertisements, the analysis showed Motherboard.
This type of data transfer is not uncommon. Many apps use Facebook’s software kits (SDK) to implement features more easily in their apps. This also has the effect of sending information to Facebook.
But according to Motherboard Zoom is not transparent about this data transfer to Facebook. Zoom’s policy says that the company collects users’ Facebook profile information when they use Facebook to log in to Zoom, but does not explicitly mention anything about sending data from Zoom users who don’t have a Facebook account.
Facebook said Motherboard developers should be transparent about the data their apps send to Facebook. Zoom has not yet responded to the study by Motherboard.
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