user data - Blog - Andreas Wiebe

29 May 2024

2 min

Should TikTok be banned?

TikTok is an app from the Chinese company Bytedance. The app collects a wide range of user data, including content from audio and video chats, location via GPS (sometimes up to one query every 30 seconds), [...]

06 Apr 2023

2 min

Is Banning TikTok a Good Idea?

Misuse of data is one of the biggest concerns regarding TikTok, with concerns expressed over the potential for data to be handed over to the Chinese government as per China’s own policies around data. [...]

Tags: TikTok ByteDance social media app ban user data

15 Nov 2022

2 min

TikTok staff in China have access to user data

TikTok is spelling out to its European users that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about Chinese access to user information on the platform. [...]

Tags: China TikTok privacymatters Privacy policy Europe platform

30 Sep 2022

2 min

The Internet is becoming a payment model

In the future, the Internet will be a paid model - at least that is the opinion of the experts. The typical social networks of the modern era are leading the way, examples being Twitter, Tiktok and Facebook. [...]

Tags: Internet payment model Meta new model revenue user data

08 Sep 2022

1 min

DB Group sued for data-greedy smartphone app

Cookies are automatically placed on the cell phone during installation. Connections to third parties are then established in the background. This happens before the user even has these options to choose from. [...]

Tags: DB Group data-greedy App user data personal data data transmission

09 May 2022

2 min

Meta and Apple apparently passed on user data to criminals

According to media reports, there was a recent leak of sensitive user data. Both Apple and Meta were affected. Emergency requests were misused for this, but they were not genuine. [...]

Tags: Meta Apple user data criminals hackers privacy