A recent Surfshark report exposes the extent of data collection by popular AI chatbots, revealing privacy risks associated with these technologies. The analysis included 10 AI applications and examined their data practices, focusing on 35 data types. All platforms collected data, averaging 13 types, with Meta AI leading as the top collector of user information. The study indicates that almost half of the apps track location data and that 30% facilitate user data tracking for targeted advertising, highlighting a pressing need for user awareness and robust privacy protections.
Meta AI was the only AI app that snagged data across categories such as financial, sensitive, and identifiers, which is concerning for user privacy.
DeepSeek and ChatGPT showed specific privacy policies, but all ten AI apps collect some type of user data, raising critical privacy concerns.
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