Once again they jump to the fore news related to technology companies and data collection. In this case it was the turn of Xiaomi. Again has been accused of practicing dubious legality with their clients' data. And he has defended himself against them in several official statements.
An accusation from an article published in the prestigious Forbes magazine. In this article Xiaomi firm smartphones are claimed to collect data of its users. And later they are sent autonomously and without consent to their own servers located in Russia and Singapore.
Xiaomi claims that it does not use protected user data
Forbes magazine also details in its article from which applications would the illegal practice take place transfer of protected data from its users to its servers. Pro and Mint browsers, would be those that, without the knowledge or consent of the users, would be collecting and treating data considered private.
It is not the first time that we read news related to this topic. Google, Apple and Facebook, among many more, have been accused in the past of collecting private data from their users without express authorization from them. And to do it in addition to profit by offering them for exploitation for commercial purposes.
Anonymous data is collected legally
Xiaomi defends itself against the accusations by ensuring that said data collection is carried out under an encryption process in which all data is anonymous. He argues in the same vein as Privacy Policy What are they doing? internationally approved and they do not conflict with the current legislation of any territory.
As the vast majority of current browsers do, Xiaomi will implement in its Mint search engine the possibility of activating incognito mode. In this way they ensure that users with this mode activated no aggregate data will be collected.
Although the information collected by Xiaomi does not contain data that can identify the user, something that the vast majority of companies do, the mere assertion of such data collection already makes many openly mistrust. If you want no company to know anything about your tastes, your searches or the websites you visit, it is best that you do not access the internet.