As of March 2021, three Meta-owned mobile apps, Facebook Messenger, Facebook, and Instagram were reported to collect the largest amount of data from global iOS users. Each of the three mobile apps collected 32 data points across 14 segments, including six data points regarding user content, and five data points regarding users' contact info. Mobile apps Line, PayPal, Amazon Shopping, and LinkedIn followed, collecting 26 data points from users according to the privacy details section in the Apple App Store.
Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type
Characteristic
Contact info
Health and fitness
Financial information
Location
Sensitive information
Contacts
User content
Browsing history
Search history
Identifiers
Purchases
Usage data
Diagnostics
Other data
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According to the source: "We checked the Privacy Details section of each one on the Apple App Store to see what segments of data it collects from users. We color-coded the segments according to the type of data, which includes the likes of location, financing information, personal identifiers, and search history."
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SurfShark. (April 6, 2022). Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/
SurfShark. "Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type." Chart. April 6, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/
SurfShark. (2022). Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/
SurfShark. "Number of User Data Points Collected from Select Ios Apps Worldwide as of March 2021, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/
SurfShark, Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Number of user data points collected from select iOS apps worldwide as of March 2021, by type [Graph], SurfShark, April 6, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1304545/data-points-collected-apps-ios-by-type/
