PETALING JAYA: A Singapore-based developer of an Islamic prayer app has rubbished claims it sold the personal information of its users to the United States military, dismissing such reports as “incorrect and untrue”.
The Straits Times reported Muslim Pro’s head of community Zahariah Jupary as saying that the protection and respect of its users were its “utmost priority”.
“As one of the most trusted Muslim apps over the last 10 years, we adhere to the most stringent privacy standards and data protection regulations, and never share any personal identifiable information,” the Singapore daily quoted her as saying.
Reputed to be the “most popular Muslim app in the world”, Muslim Pro lists down prayer times and shows them the direction of Mecca depending on their location.
It also provides audio recordings of the Quran as well.
Earlier today it was reported that Muslim Pro, which has been downloaded at least 95 million times in 200 countries, had sold its user location data to X-Mode.
It was then sold to third-party contractors who allegedly gave it to the US military.
The data which was reportedly purchased had included location information as well as the name of the wifi networks users were connected to.
The app’s developer, Bitsmedia told ST that it will be “immediately terminating its relationships with its data partners”, although they did not go into specifics.
Meanwhile, other reports say Bitsmedia had cut all ties with X-Mode and other data partners.
Vice Media, a US-Canadian digital media company, had reported that the US military bought Muslim Pro’s data via X-Mode, a third-party data broker. - FMT
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