![]() After raising a round of funding in 2016, they started accessing their user’s contacts, analyzing which of the user’s contacts would be most likely to use Marco Polo, and then sending that contact a text message from the user’s phone. Joya Communications, founded by a husband and wife duo launched Marco Polo in 2014. So who is actually getting access to my data? So be warned that they will ask you for your contacts - and if you give them access, they take your contacts and store them on their own servers. But, if their past is any indication, they really want your contacts. There’s nothing too unusual about they way they collect data - no indication that they’re analyzing your videos to collect personal information via facial recognition or anything like that. Some of the technical data (e.g., IP address, mobile carrier), they scrape off of your phone. ![]() Most of the data they get, you give directly to them.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |