More popular apps are sending data to Facebook without asking

The travel search engine Kayak, for instance, apparently sends destination and flight search data, travel dates and whether or not kids might come along.

While the data might not immediately identify you, it could theoretically be used to recognize someone through roundabout means, such as the apps they have installed or whether they travel with the same person.

The concern isn't just that apps are oversharing data, but that they may be violating the EU's GDPR privacy rules by both collecting info without consent and potentially identifying users.

Still, it's evident that app creators either aren't paying attention to these changes or bothering to adopt them -- they may need a nudge if they're going to avoid controversies and EU fines.

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