A Twitter iOS Bug Caused It to Mistakenly Collect and Share Location Data From Some Users

Its ‘trusted partner’ only retained the information for a short time before it was deleted

Twitter began notifying impacted iOS users of a bug that may have caused it to inadvertently collect location data, which may have been shared with one of the company’s “trusted partners.”

The social network shared more information in a Help Center post, saying that the bug only affected people who opted in to the precise location feature on one account but use other accounts on the same devices for which the feature was not turned on.

That

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