According to a new study, ten popular apps like dating apps like Tinder, OkCupid, and Grinder have been found to share people's personal information with dozens of digital marketing and ad tech companies without their personal information. For most consumers, the only way to keep their information secure is through a study by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC), which has no apps installed for them yet.

Dating apps tested include Grinder, Happen, Okekupid and Tinder; Period tracker app credentials and MyDays; Makeup App Perfect; Religious Application Muslim: Kibla Finder; The kids app is My Talking Tom 2; And keyboard app Wave Keyboard, ZDNet reported Wednesday.
To find out how personal data is transmitted from these apps to commercial third parties, this study considered 10 popular apps functionality from June to November 2019. Applications were selected for study because they were the most popular apps on Google Play at the time, "in certain categories that are sensitive to personal data, such as data about health, religion, children and sexual preferences." .
Only Android versions of these apps have been tested, with NCC claiming that Android is the largest mobile operating system worldwide, with Google playing a major role in the advertising tech industry.

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