The audio-based chat app "Clubhouse" has with its exclusive appearance become a big snack ice cream worldwide.
The app was launched in March 2020 and today has about five million members, of which 80 percent have been added just after the turn of the year.
But the app has also attracted a lot of negative attention.
Among other things, there is the challenge of moderating content in an app where conversations take place in real time.
Questions have also been raised about whether the US app's rules are compatible with EU data laws and Clubhouse is currently being investigated by a German data authority.
Request access to phonebook
To invite people to the app, Clubhouse needs access to your phonebook, which means that the app has access to information and information about people who have not consented to or even are aware that their information is shared with Clubhouse.
In addition, there are questions about how Clubhouse stores the conversations in the app.
According to the Clubhouse itself, calls are saved in order to be able to review users who violate their community rules.
But that this is happening, and what happens to that data, is not clear enough to the users, according to the German data protection authority.
What information does Clubhouse collect about you? And are they really completely alone in storing information that way? Start the video to hear Per Axbom explain.