Collecting data on apps that collect data about you

The user takes a journey.
The data often takes one too.

See what personal information an app collects, where it goes, and whether consent was respected.

Session replay and network recordings from simulated user journeys.

Behind the Screens

Audit reports

$499per report · USD
Starbucks 6.134Recorded November 6, 2026
Starbucks Privacy and data screen from the recorded journey, with targeted advertising switched off.

Choice respected, with no exceptions

01:09.49 / Recorded observation

Adobe omitted the advertising ID when targeted advertising was denied.

From this report’s comparison of the permitted and denied states.

Consumer choiceTargeted advertising denied
Observed recipientAdobe
Selected moment: 01:09.49. The animation covers 01:00–01:14 of this recorded journey. Select a timestamp to inspect a still.

WE TAKE NOTES

The screen tells half the story. We reveal the other half.

We test the app’s privacy choices and compare what appears on screen with what travels over the network.

  1. 01

    Scan any app.

    Find any app on the Google Play Store.

  2. 02

    Real user journeys.

    We simulate the journey, capture screen recordings, save network traffic, and chart it in a chronology for you to see.

  3. 03

    Indisputable receipts.

    Each observation includes the tested choice, timestamp, recipient, session replays, and network traffic recordings.

INSIDE BEHIND THE SCREENS

Everything, in writing. And on camera.

Read the findings, replay the journeys, and inspect the underlying traffic. Every report includes mobile- and desktop-optimized PDFs, session recordings, and HAR network traffic exports.

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HTML

An interactive paper trail.

Move between findings, evidence, and the recorded timeline in an interactive HTML report.

PDF · Desktop + mobile

Same detail. Smaller screen.

Two PDF editions: one desktop and one mobile. Both include the findings and supporting exhibits.

HAR

The requests, verbatim.

HAR files for every tested journey. Inspect requests, recipients, payloads, and timing in your own tools.

WebM

The app, on the record.

Screen recordings for every tested journey. See the privacy choices and actions that put the network evidence in context.

No subscription required

Five journeys. One well-documented itinerary.

  1. Browse with the initial privacy state.
  2. Decline targeted advertising and browse.
  3. Allow targeted advertising after declining.
  4. Withdraw permission after allowing.
  5. Relaunch and check that the declined preference persists.

For champions of data privacy

No drama. Just a lot of timestamps.

Our job is to make observed behaviour understandable, with a clear record of the conditions, the evidence, and the uncertainties.

For law firms, advocates, researchers, and the app developments teams building better apps.

Footnote 2

For readers who like supporting documents, we have supporting documents.

Footnote 2a

A footnote to a footnote. Occupational hazard.

Behind the Screens

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