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Chiara Castro

Most 2024 Paris Olympics apps are putting your privacy at risk

A general view of the Eiffel Tower with the Olympics rings pictured with national flags of competing countries from the Place du Trocadero ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France.

As you and other millions of sports fans flock to Paris to follow the Olympic Games from the ground, forget the tickets: you might have to pay a hefty price with your privacy.

Most of the 2024 Paris Olympics apps track users, extract private data, and share it with advertisers and big tech. This is the worrying finding from a study on 12 Android applications designed to help users as they attend the Olympics and stay in Paris.

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