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The reality of these apps, saysMerchant Machine, is that were sharing more data than is deemed necessary.
Some are legitimately collected for optimal functionality, but many of them fuel marketing and profiling.
None of them responded immediately, but any updates will be published here.
We also askedAppledirectly whether it has any overarching measures to ensure that developers cant collect unnecessary information.
