Even large, mainstream apps routinely collect user data. But many trendy-at-the-moment apps are guilty of mining user data as a primary purpose. Wireless Lab told technology news site TechCrunch that it may store users' photos in the cloud, but "most" are deleted after 48 hours. It said no user data is transferred to Russia. He said the app should have been upfront and told users it was processing photos in the cloud rather than on phones.

Source: ABC News July 17, 2019 19:53 UTC