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Uber, Ola top chart of ride-hailing apps collecting most data from users: Report

Cyber-security company Surfshark revealed that popular ride-hailing and taxi data-hungry apps are additionally using contact and payment information, user's content and other user data for third-party marketing purposes

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Popular ride-hailing platforms Uber and Ola top the chart on collecting extensive information about their riders which may be used for third-party advertising, a new report has claimed.

According to cyber-security company Surfshark's data sensitivity index, Uber is third on the list while Ola, the most popular ride-hailing app in India, comes sixth in the global data-hungriness ranking (with a total of 18 data points collected).

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