Amid privacy concerns, Russia’s federal censor says it will review Burger King’s mobile app sometime next year

Russia’s federal censor, Roskomnadzor, says it will review Burger King’s mobile app sometime next year, following complaints that the fast food company is “spying” on customers by recording the screens of their mobile devices through the Appsee analytics platform. In a statement published on August 2, Roskomnadzor explained that it lacks the resources to respond more quickly, but the agency says it has appealed to other law enforcement groups to investigate the matter sooner.

On July 11, a Russian developer accused Burger King of secretly recording users’ screens, supposedly including bank data and other personal information (even when not using the Burger King app). The company has denied these allegations, and Appsee’s privacy policy prohibits app publishers from sharing any personal or sensitive data with the platform.