Sektoruntersuchung Mobile Apps

 Bundeskartellamt, Bericht hier. 

Apple will require apps to add privacy ‘nutrition labels’ starting December 8th

 The Verge, here. 

Calling on Apple and Google to improve information on personal data in their app stores

Forbrukertilsynet, here. 

How Apps on Android Share Data with Facebook - Report

Privacy International, here. 

Mobile app data sharing 'out of control'

BBC News, here. 

Third Party Tracking in the Mobile Ecosystem

R. Binns et al., here. 

Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public

WSJ, here. Google's reaction and further news here.

March 2018...Just in time for (avoiding) the GDPR (no data audit before? What about a settlement with the FTC? See here).

I thought you might like this visualization of the terms and conditions of the different apps

@dimitryarov

On Facebook and its "data ecosystem"

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, the data analytics firm that helped Donald Trump get elected

Recode, here.

Berlin court rules Facebook data transfers to third parties violate data protection law

TelecomPaper, here. 

Millions of non-privacy compliant apps could soon be purged from Google Play Store

Thenextweb, here. 

Privacy in Mobile Devices and Web-Applications

DG-JRC, here (p. 36 ff.). 

Mobile Apps Study

FPF, here. 

Slapped wrists for “privacy law breakers” Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin, and Mio

ArsTechnica, here. 

Uber's redesigned app wants to mine personal information on your phone

LATimes, here. 

Runkeeper: A Message to Our Users

Here. And reply by the Forbrukerådet here.

Complaint regarding unfair contractual terms in the Terms of Use for the mobile application Tinder

 Norwegian Consumer Council, here.

What Mobile Ads Know About Mobile Users

S. Son, D.Kim V. Shmatikov, here.

The next opportunity for app developers: Turning anonymous data into ad sales

VentureBeat, here.