LightSpy Hackers Target Indian Apple Device Users To Steal Sensitive Data

Cookies, device or similar online identifiers together with other information can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are interacting with.
Information about your activity on this service can be stored and combined with other information about you or similar users.
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps, possible interests and personal aspects.
Your profile can be used to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services, possible interests and personal aspects.
This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached.
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests.
This is very helpful to understand the relevance of content that is shown to you.
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or content to identify common characteristics.
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc.
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are interacting with.
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity, and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely.
It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Certain information is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources, in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household.
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically.
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.


This Cyber News was published on gbhackers.com. Publication date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:58:04 +0000


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