CNIL: 50% of applications do not respect privacy

By Jason champagne 13 August 2013

The Commission national de l' Informatique et des libertés (CNIL) comes a new examination of the most visited in the world of mobile applications and websites.

While the study began in last may, the results come fall and the results are pretty amazing in relation to the personal data of users.

The CNIL States that 50% of mobile applications do not respect the privacy of the individual

As a result of this examination, the CNIL has less irritating versions for:

The conclusions of this operation shows the failure or sometimes the lack of clear information to users on the conditions of the processing of their personal data.

We learn by studying, so that half of the mobile applications provide no information on the protection of the user's data.

The problem that arises, comes from a failure to comply with the privacy since users make of it applications use have then no control over their data. As a result, they have 1 chance in 2, an application not compatible uses the collected data.

To do this, the CNIL raises two important points:

If these data protection guidelines exist, they are sometimes too general or vice versa too concentrated on a technical aspect, such as cookies

In fact often refers to the user-agent available, to get his information, what methods are used, but still, what interests the user, it is the purpose of the personal data and standard, the durability of thisand for what reason (s).

But the Commission condemned also the difficulty for users to information access, or they are not for all to understand:

The CNIL was sometimes sites for French Internet users, which information are written statements in English, intended

In addition, must you your page often found that the data, which are about the protection of privacy of our often embedded in the ground of the conditions for the use of an application (or a site elsewhere).

In response to these results the decision met the CNIL and several of his colleagues, contact to the relevant sites and strive to ensure the privacy of users.

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