Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission is now investigating the case of Muslim Pro app , which was reported to have sold granular location data to a third-party, which have US military as one of their clients . The maker of this app, Bitsmedia has denied these allegations and said it shares only the anonymized data for advertising purposes.
Muslim Pro App Selling Users Location Data to US Military
Muslim Pro , an app for tracking the prayer times, routes to masjids, reading Quran in several languages etc, was reported to be sharing users’ granular location data with third parties. It’s having near 100 million installs in Playstore , with users worldwide. It’s now being scrutinized by Singapore’s Data Watchdog for data sharing allegations.
The investigation was confirmed by Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), saying it has asked the developer – Bitsmedia to provide more information on how their apps work. The story was initially reported by Vice Media , which claimed that Bitsmedia had shared granular location data with X-Mode , a data aggregator having US military as one of its clients.
Media reports are circulating that Muslim Pro has been selling personal data of its users to the US Military. This is INCORRECT and UNTRUE. Muslim Pro is committed to protecting and securing our users’ privacy. This is a matter we take very seriously. #MuslimPro pic.twitter.com/2Lu0Zgvso1 — Muslim Pro (@MuslimPro) November 17, 2020
