Report: Android mobile apps still have serious privacy concerns in Australia

Mobile apps increasingly act as the digital gatekeepers of our daily routine, whether we're accessing our bank accounts or dating, but can they be trusted?

On Tuesday, Deloitte release its annual privacy index of the top 116 consumer brands operating in Australia across 13 sectors, including social media, retail and insurance. It did not name the companies. For the first time, it added an analysis of those brands' mobile apps, if they had them, with some worrying results.

The report told an alarming story: apps not asking consumers for permission to access various parts of their phones and apps accessing the microphone function or collecting information before the user has even logged in.  Read more...