Susan has recently downloaded a very trendy fitness app called FiTrack, which was meant for tracking her workouts and health goals. A few days later, Susan started getting calls from her friends saing they did not appreciate her giving their numbers out to those 'FiTrack' people and updating them on her fitness 'journey'. As far as Susan remembers she never allowed the app to tell anyone about what she was doing or to even access her contact list in the phone.
Are apps like FiTrack legally allowed to access and share her private information like that.
WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
According to the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019, of Uganda, an app like FiTrack cannot access or share personal information with any other party without express permission from the owner of that information. It also says that no person or company should collect (obtain) your personal information like your contact list or friends names or send them anything they have not asked for.
In Susan's case, if she had never allowed FiTrack to access her contacts, it is illegal what they have done.
in fact, if a company or app wants to use your information, it is supposed to inform you about which data they are collecting, what they intend to use it for and for how long. Susan can withdraw consent if she does not want the app anymore to access her contacts, demand deletion of personal data shared, and even sue if FiTrack has violated some of her privacy rights.
Source: BarefootLawyers.
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