Pew Survey Finds Most Mobile Users Avoid Apps Due to Privacy Concerns

5 September 2012:  The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) reports that a survey by the Pew Research Center found that the majority of mobile phone users have uninstalled or avoided apps due to privacy concerns. According to the report, 54% of mobile users have decided to not install an app after discovering the amount of information it collect, and 30% of mobile users uninstalled an app after discovering that it was collecting personal information that they didn’t wish to share.


You can read more about this surey from the EPIC at http://epic.org/2012/09/pew-survey-finds-most-mobile-u.htmlhttp://



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