By Shweta
A study showed more than 1,000 applications gathering your data, even when permissions are explicitly denied.BOKARO STEEL CITY, Jharkhand—500 million people use TikTok globally, and 43% are based in India. Chances are your mobile has the app installed on it. Do you know that the app is sharing your data with its business partners, advertising networks, cloud service providers, data centre hosts and search engine providers?
By Nagesh Banga
With new-age social media apps cementing their position among the top five most downloaded apps globally, a remarkable behavioural shift can be observed in the way millennials spend their time online. Though, it’s too early to profess if such apps will be able to emerge as a strong contender to traditional social media giants, the additional engagement modules being offered by these apps will provide a certain fillip to their much-anticipated success.
