Trend Micro confirmed that apps collecting browsing data also include Dr Cleaner Pro, Dr Unarchiver, Dr Battery, and Duplicate Finder, and apologized to customers. The move comes after the introduction of GDPR across Europe, and in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. While it isn’t entirely clear whether the apps were booted out or whether Trend Micro removed them, this incident comes as Apple updated its rules on privacy policies.įrom early next month, all iOS and OS apps will be required to include a detailed privacy policy which clearly sets out what data is being collected by the app creators, and what they’re doing with it. The security firm did confirm, though, that browser histories are collected when the user first installs an app, something Trend Micro described as a “one-time” occurrence. Wardle wrote how the apps have been collecting users’ browsing history and transmitting the information to a server based in China – an accusation Trend Micro has slammed as false. Several Trend Micro apps have been removed from the Mac App Store after they were found to breach Apple’s rules by exporting users’ browsing histories.Īt least three apps – Dr Cleaner, Dr Antivirus, and App Uninstall – have disappeared from Apple’s distribution platform after security researcher Patrick Wardle revealed they had been harvesting data. Apps include Dr Cleaner, Dr Antivirus, and App Uninstall
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