The Steve Rubel Stream

 Mobile apps are fantastic but most don't tell you what data they are collecting, especially those that connect to Google. Three such apps for the iPhone are iNote, GV Mobile, and Byline. All three sync with your Google account but only Byline tells you how they store your login info. The others, as far as I can tell, don't just yet.

 Ego, an app that tracks your Twitter and blog stats, takes a better approach by having a privacy policy right in the app.

 As these apps grow in sophistication and sync with the web they better tell us just what they are collecting and how. Now I imagine all three of these apps mean well. But the lack of a privacy policy on their web sites seems like a mistake - one they can easily correct.