Did App Privacy Improve After the GDPR?

Nurul Momen; Majid Hatamian; Lothar Fritsch

doi:10.1109/MSEC.2019.2938445

Did App Privacy Improve After the GDPR?

Nurul Momen^*, Majid Hatamian, Lothar Fritsch

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this article, we present an analysis of app behavior before and after the regulatory change in data protection in Europe. Our data shows that app privacy has moderately improved after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10-20
Number of pages	11
Journal	IEEE Security and Privacy
Volume	17
Issue number	6
Early online date	20 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2019.2938445
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

apps
data protection
GDPR
information privacy
survey

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