Twitter Bug Shared Location Data For Some iOS Users

Twitter today disclosed a bug in its platform that impacted the privacy of some its iOS app's users. From a report: 'We have discovered that we were inadvertently collecting and sharing iOS location data with one of our trusted partners in certain circumstances,' Twitter said. The company said the bug only occurred on its iOS app where users added a second Twitter account on their phones. If they allowed Twitter access to precise location data in one account, then that setting was applied to both accounts managed via the iOS app. This meant the app sent precise location data to Twitter, which then made it available to 'a trusted partner during an advertising process known as real-time bidding,' even for accounts users didn't agree to share such info.

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