The arrival of Threads this week saw Meta taking another step into the social arena with its Twitter clone. There have been lots of entirely understandable concerns voiced about Twitter recently, particularly in light of the chaotic impact of Elon Musk, and this has led to swathes of disgruntled and worried users switching allegiances and joining the likes of Bluesky, Mastodon and, now, Threads.
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Third-Party Advertising • Location • Coarse Location • Identifiers • User ID • Usage Data • Advertising Data • Analytics • Purchases
Purchase History • Location • Coarse Location • Contact Info • Email Address • User Content
Photos or Videos • Audio Data • Customer Support • Other User Content • Search History • Search History
Identifiers• User ID • Device ID • Usage Data • Product Interaction • Advertising Data • Diagnostics •Crash Data • Performance Data • Other Diagnostic Data • Other Data • Other Data Types
Before you start thinking of popping Gmail in the bin, it s worth remembering that data collection is something almost all technology firms do as this is what allows them to provide a personalised experience. If you search for email from Dad with attachment in Gmail – to find that content, Google will need to scan your contacts, scour your entire inbox, and skim through the content of the emails to work out whic
Google finally reveals what data it collects when you use Gmail for free
Debashis Sarkar
Google recently updated the YouTube iOS app to add Privacy Labels. Gmail is the next to get an update. Google, however, is yet to provide privacy details for major apps like Google Photos, Drive, Google Maps among others. | Gadgets Now | Feb 23, 2021, 10:49AM IST
Months after Apple introduced Privacy Labels on its App Store, Google has finally updated the Gmail iOS app to reveal what data it actually collects to let you use the popular email service for free. Apple made Privacy Labels mandatory for all iOS apps starting December 8, 2020 to make it easy for end users to understand how an app collects, processes and links your personal data.