No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here.

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No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here
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it will collect a wide variety of data from users, including health, financial information, browsing histories, location, purchases, contacts, search history and sensitive information.

How do you block an app from accessing browsing/search history/purchase?

By not installing it.

There are certain apps I must use, for example banking or Notion. I can already block them from using location/contacts/photos…

I just wanted to see if other like browsing history/purchase history can be blocked