News and Research articles on Mobile apps

Monitoring infrastructural power: Methodological challenges in studying mobile infrastructures for datafication

Stine Lomborg, University of Copenhagen
Kristian Sick, University of Copenhagen
Sofie Flensburg, University of Copenhagen
Signe Sophus Lai, University of Copenhagen
PUBLISHED ON: 26 Jun 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1763

The article outlines and discusses the methodological conditions for studying software development kits as an empirical entry point to research on mobile infrastructures for datafication.

The death of privacy policies: How app stores shape GDPR compliance of apps

Julia Krämer, Erasmus University Rotterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 2 Apr 2024 DOI: 10.14763/2024.2.1757

This paper delivers a legal analysis that explores whether the privacy labels of the Apple App Store and Google Play Store meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), along with insights into the adoption of app developers to map the extent of the problem.

Before and after GDPR: tracking in mobile apps

Konrad Kollnig, University of Oxford
Reuben Binns, University of Oxford
Max Van Kleek, University of Oxford
Jun Zhao, University of Oxford
Ulrik Lyngs, University of Oxford
Claudine Tinsman, University of Oxford
Nigel Shadbolt, University of Oxford
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Dec 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.4.1611

Has the GDPR changed privacy in apps? We study how third-party tracking—a common privacy threat—has changed since the GDPR was introduced.

Going global: Comparing Chinese mobile applications’ data and user privacy governance at home and abroad

Lianrui Jia, University of Toronto
Lotus Ruan, University of Toronto
PUBLISHED ON: 16 Sep 2020 DOI: 10.14763/2020.3.1502

This paper examines data and privacy governance by four China-based mobile applications and their international versions - including the role of the state. It also highlights the role of platforms in gatekeeping mobile app privacy standards.