Study reveals more people are willing to trade mobile privacy for free apps

More and more Canadians are reportedly foregoing privacy concerns when it comes to their mobile apps in place of free apps, according to a new survey from Norton. Symantec researchers found that there are a large number of apps that collect and send personal information to app developers, and you might not know this is happening.

According to the study, there are over 1/3 of Canadians or 32 percent that will give up location information for a free app. Also, 18 percent of Canadians are using mobile devices to track fitness and health information, which is 3 percent more than the global average. Games are also said to have the highest incidence and severity of privacy infringements and around 65 percent of Canadians play mobile games, which is also 10 percent higher than the global average.

The study was released with the new update from Symantec for its Norton Mobile Security that helps you become aware of app permissions as well as analyzing app behaviour in real time.

Source: Norton