CoD: Mobile is one of the most popular mobile games in India. (Image: Activision)
Call of Duty Mobile, Candy Crush Saga and Carrom Pool: Disc Game are the games with the most data, collecting 17 out of 32 different data points — including photos and videos, contact information, location data and contacts , a new report is shown.
In India, mobile games such as Call of Duty Mobile, Candy Crush Saga and Carrom Pool: Disc Game are the games with the most data, collecting up to 17 out of 32 different data points – including photos and videos, contact information, Location data and contacts, a new report showed on Tuesday.
According to cyber-security company Surfshark, the most popular apps, Ludo King and Subway Surfers are ranked 38th and 7th respectively on the basis of ‘data hungerness’.
Notably, only the Subway Surfers game collects contact information, including location data, over an average of 9.3.
The report states that both the games Ludo King and Subway Surfers use data for third party advertisements.
38 out of 50 popular mobile gaming apps in India employ or share users’ data for advertising purposes with third parties.
In addition, the three games collect precise user location. When apps collect precise location data, they can potentially reveal sensitive information, such as a user’s home address, workplace, daily routine, or frequently visited places.
“A significant number of gamers are unwittingly allowing their personal data to be shared, unaware of where it ends up,” said Gabriele Racketti-Krasauske, a spokesman for Surfshark.
“In our global study of 510 mobile gaming apps, we found that most use activity tracking on other companies’ apps and websites and may transmit data to third parties, including tech companies, advertisers or third parties,” the spokesperson said. Data brokers may be involved.” ,
This data may be used for purposes that go beyond gaming, such as targeted marketing or market research.
Globally, 8 Ball Pool is the most data consuming app in the top 10 apps, followed by Subway Surfers and Gardenscapes.
Traffic Rider, Mini Militia-War.io and Among Us were the least aggressive to privacy in the analysis. They collect up to 7 data points.
Of a total of 510 most popular games in 60 countries, 492 collect user data, and 446 allow tracking by other companies’ apps and websites.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – IANS,
