Twitter Inc., the micro-blogging service, added tools that give users more control over how data is shared with third-party applications.
The company will provide more detailed information on privacy options for letting outside software makers read posts and update profiles, Twitter said on its blog today. Applications with access to users’ direct messages will need to verify previously granted permissions. Applications that don’t require that information will lose access by the end of the month.
“We’re announcing an update to help you make more informed choices about the way third-party apps integrate with your Twitter account,” San Francisco-based Twitter said its blog. “We’ve been preparing these changes in response to requests from users and developers who asked for a greater level of clarity and control.”
Twitter is boosting its privacy controls as technology companies come under growing scrutiny about how they get users’ data or enable others to do so. The Senate Commerce Committee tomorrow will hold a hearing tomorrow with Twitter rival Facebook Inc., along with Apple Inc (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG), to answer questions about data collection and usage on mobile devices.
There are hundreds of thousands of third-party applications that aim to enhance Twitter’s features, such as automatically sharing Tweets on other services or connecting players on game platforms.
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