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As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector. Tech vendors say that by collecting user data, they can offer better, personalized services. However, user wariness about exposing personal data may throw a wrench in plans for such new services, which are fueling growth not only for tech companies but, industry insiders say, the larger global economy as well. “The transition to the digital world raises a new awareness of security and

YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT Today’s post is on Privacy , which is perhaps one of the -not so properly- addressed issues of all topics in the smartphone users’ community, especially in the developing countries. When it comes to the issue of privacy, most Smartphone users just wave it aside (claiming not to have anything to hide). The truth is: Most applications that run on your smartphone (especially Third-Party apps), request for and collect way too much information about you from your phone than they actually need. Why collect so much? I have on so many occasions asked myself what these apps need the collected info for…the obvious answers were. 1