Travel Apps Share User Data With Facebook and 3 Other Digital Trends This Week

Sarah Enelow-Snyder

January 5th, 2019 at 10:30 AM EST

Photo Credit: Travel apps such as TripAdvisor shared extensive user information from their Android apps with Facebook. TripAdvisor

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This week in digital news, we have two stories on personal data. A new privacy report found that some travel apps including Kayak, TripAdvisor, and Skyscanner shared user data from their Android apps with Facebook. Then, an update on the massive Marriott data breach.

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>>What's clear from the report is that Facebook and some travel apps are sharing way more personal information than they had admitted to. The backlash will undoubtedly pick up steam, although Facebo

Travel Apps Share User Data With Facebook and 3 Other Digital Trends This Week

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