Privacy alert! Candy Crush, Subway Surfers and Tinder accused of data collection: How to stay safe online

Beware if you play Candy Crush or use apps like Tinder. A recent report from 404 Media has raised serious concerns about the collection of sensitive user location data without consent. The investigation reveals that many widely used mobile apps, available on both Android and iOS, may be harvesting location information through the advertising ecosystem, unbeknownst to users. This data is allegedly being passed on to a location data broker, Gravy Analytics, and its subsidiary, Venntel, which has previously sold such data to US law enforcement agencies.