"Apps on Apple and Android smartphones leak lots of users' information to third parties, research has suggested"
BBC News article reveals that majority of our mobile applications leak our information to third parties. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard found that a whopping "73% of the Android apps shared users' email addresses, and 47% of the iOS apps shared location data". The article, published on the 5th of November, comes just days after the recent Snapchat scare in which the popular app, on both iOS and and Android, RESERVE THE RIGHT to store and use your pictures and "selfies". This came as a to shock to thousands of users as many saw it as an invasion of their privacy as pictures are supposed to be deleted after the time limit runs out.
The fact that personal information and data are being leaked or kept without consent is something that consumers are starting to take notice of and it's not sitting well with them. There has also been recent speculation about the Government being able to access your internet history and track the sites you have visited. 
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