Shortly after its purchase by Facebook, the fitness app Moves changed its privacy policy, paving the way for data sharing with the "king" of social networks.
According to Guardian and the Wall Street Journal, the new policy allows the sharing of information, "including person identification information, with affiliates (companies that are part of our corporate groups, including Facebook, but not limited to)".
The app uses motion sensors on iOS and Android phones and GPS data to track her location και τη δραστηριότητα ενός χρήστη. Οι πληροφορίες αυτές επιτρέπουν από τον εντοπισμό της γεωγραφικής θέσης ενός χρήστη μέχρι το να βρεθεί το με τι μέσο ταξίδεψε- πεζός, με αυτοκίνητο, bike etc.
It is noted that when the Facebook Moves market was known, it was argued that the application would continue to maintain its standalone character and that there were no plans to change it or to "incorporate / mix" data with Facebook.
As reported in a Guardian report, representatives of the social networking king had not, by the time of publication, answered a question as to what the difference between "blending" and "sharing" .
The new policy states that "we may disclose information about you or your use of our services to service providers or other partners who work for us to support our business," and that "we may access, use, retain and share your information, including personally identifiable information, with third parties when we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to detect, prevent and treat scams and other illegal activities, to protect ourselves, you and others in investigations, or to prevent death or personal injury. We may also share such information if we believe that you have abused your rights in using the services or that you have violated an applicable law, or in connection with a dispute between us and you regarding our services.”
