According to a survey, Google trackers are present on 97 percent of Indian websites. According to a study by data security and privacy firm Arrka titled ‘State of data privacy of Indian mobile apps and websites, the number of android apps that ask for camera and microphone permissions on smartphones has increased from 45 percent to 68 percent and 28 percent to 54 percent, respectively, in the last five years, according to the study.
100 organizations from 25 different industries participated in the survey, which included 201 Indian mobile apps and websites. Over the course of five years, Arrka collected data on a variety of privacy criteria. Here are a few of the findings of the study: Google is the most common third-party with whom data is exchanged, followed by Facebook as the second most common. Google’s trackers were found on 97 percent of the websites, while Facebook’s trackers were found on 55 percent.
Android apps share data with Google in approximately 42 percent of cases, and with Facebook in approximately 25 percent of cases. One possible explanation for this could be that organizations are giving newer services/features based on the rights they have received.
Punjab farm groups are likely to announce a political front
Indian Corporation appears to have maintained its track record of paying scant heed to data protection, with the unstated paradigm being ‘let the legislation come’.” This is obvious from the data in this analysis, which shows that most privacy-specific criteria appear to have gotten worse rather than better,” stated Shivangi Nadkarni, CEO, and Sandeep Rao, principal consultant, in a statement.
