Apps request excessive data and account permissions
Apps ask for far more account, customer, or store data and permissions than their features need, often with no stated reason
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 27 January 2024 · last reported 29 July 2026
What's going wrong
Merchants using advertising and social planning apps report that these tools request far more access than their features need.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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