Twitter Says It Mistakenly Collected and Shared Location Data of Some iOS s 3l6o3o Technology News

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By Gadgets 360 Staff | Updated: 14 May 2019 12:06 IST

Twitter Says It Mistakenly Collected and Shared Location Data of Some iOS s

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Twitter said on Monday it may have accidentally collected and shared location data of some s accessing its app through Apple devices with an advertising partner. In a blog post, the social media platform said the information collected was not retained and only existed in their systems for a short time and have informed the people whose s were impacted to let them know the bug has been fixed. 461b2t

According to Twitter, the bug primarily impacted the iOS device owners, who use more than one on Twitter for iOS app and had selected the option to share precise location data in one and not the others. The company revealed that even if a had not enabled the location data collection option in other s, the app collected the precise location data when the was accessing the other s through the official app.

Further, the company stated that it had intended to remove location data from the information shared with a “trusted advertising partner”, but the location data was not removed. The rs, however, only received “fuzzed” version of location data, which was “was no more precise than zip code or city (5km squared).”

The advertising partner did not receive data such as 's Twitter handle or other unique ids that could have compromised identity, the company said.

“We have confirmed with our partner that the location data has not been retained and that it only existed in their systems for a short time, and was then deleted as part of their normal process,” Twitter added in a post on its website.

The company noted that it has notified the impacted s and it urged other s to go through their privacy settings on Twitter to make sure that are only sharing the data they want.

Written with inputs from Reuters

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