Payment apps collect and share your data. Here's how to lock them down.

Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Mobile payment apps including Venmo, Cash App, and PayPal Mobile Cash have wormed their way into the fabric of our lives. While they offer users real value and convenience, they extract a serious, and often hidden, privacy toll. Buried deep in their settings are sometimes vague disclaimers and notices warning customers that, once they download and use the apps, their information is no longer solely their own. When it comes to financial data — which has the potential to reveal people's religious beliefs, sexual orientation, medical history, political persuasion, friends, and location — that's a huge problem.  Read more...More about Privacy, Paypal, Venmo, Cash App, and Privacy Please