Meet the Non Profit Looking for Security Breached in Apps

The non-profit that seeks out security breaches by apps:IDAC

What is IDAC goal? To protect consumer data

What recent discovery did it make? A fertility app on android phones was collecting a lot of personal data with no opt out for consumers

Why was the IDAC alerted? the App masked personal health data in the same way TikTok was masking data that it sent out

Is this new, finding a breach of personal health data on Apps? No, last year Consumer Reports identified Ovia, a pregnancy-tracking app that shares users’ data with their employers and insurers.

Washington Post | The Cybersecurity 202: Fertility app’s data sharing with Chinese companies raises privacy concerns, researchers say