Restaurant Apps Collect Your Data For Big Money
Restaurant apps are making it easy to get a table at your favorite restaurant by taking your data. In fact, some restaurant apps share your data with advertisers.
Moreover, popular restaurant apps like Nowait and Yelp are collecting huge databases containing information about diners. For instance, Nowait collects phone numbers and Table’s Ready uses phone numbers as IDs.
“The phone number is the unique identifier of a person to see how often they visited, all this information that restaurants really value,” Table’s Ready CEO Mike Errecart reveals. Consequently, apps and companies can track you through your phone number.
Restaurant Apps Can Track You With Your Phone Number
“The cellphone number is quickly becoming the new Social Security number in the digital age,” American Civil Liberties Union senior policy analyst Jay Stanley notes. For this reason, hackers or authorities could track with you with your phone number.
Data thieves could learn where you like to eat lunch and where you get your hair cut with your phone number. In particular, Supercuts is now asking customers for their email address and cell phone number.
Furthermore, some apps can use the GPS in your phone to pinpoint your location. As a result, somebody could follow you by tracking where your app is being used.
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