Freecash App Banned from App Store Over Data Harvesting and Deceptive Marketing
Freecash, a rewards app that rose to the top of app stores, has been banned from the App Store after being accused of collecting sensitive user data and using deceptive marketing. The app, which falsely claimed to pay users for scrolling TikTok, was found to collect biometric and personal data, prompting Apple to remove it. TikTok also pulled some of Freecash’s ads after reports of financial misrepresentation.
Topics: app store policies cybersecurity data privacy deceptive marketing TikTok ads