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App users aren’t informed about how Facebook, Google access data, Bundeskartellamt says

( July 29, 2021, 11:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Users of mobile apps are receiving insufficient information — or even none — about how companies such as Facebook and Google access their personal data, according to a sector inquiry by Germany's Bundeskartellamt. The authority said there is a lack of “intelligible information and clear and simple possibilities of control.” Its president Andreas Mundt said the inquiry shows that app providers must become more transparent and consumer-friendly, and that a discussion should be held on new rules and ways of effective enforcement.Full press release below and the report is attached:...

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