PopCap Say Wall Street Journal Report "Misleading", Your Data Is Safe

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Bejeweled company PopCap have come out against the story we’ve previously written about, originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, that most apps misappropriate your data and send wherever they damn well please without so much as a “how do you do”. They don’t claim to speak for all companies named in the WSJ article, just for themselves, but for their part, it’s all gravy.

“Recent reports on user data and transmissions to third parties for a variety of iPhone applications have been misleading and possibly confusing for PopCap customers,” Ed Allard, PopCap head of studios said. “The transmission of user name, password and phone number is optional and occurs only after explicit player input through a Facebook login dialog box for Blitz mode.“ he went on. Apparently your data is never transmitted unless you give your express permission. The rest of the App makers are pretty much lying low, waiting for this to blow over, we reckon. The question is, will it?