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used to track you

Used to track you is the status of data from an app being usable to follow your activity across apps, websites, or services from different companies.

In plain English

This means data from an app can be connected to what you do in other places run by other companies. It is about following activity across apps, websites, or services, not only within one app. It names the status of data being usable for that cross-service tracking purpose.

In context

Here, it classifies data use by indicating that data from an app is usable to follow your activity across apps, websites, or services from different companies.

Situation
Understanding encryption, privacy, data-sharing, and secure-connection labels
What it communicates
classifies data use for tracking across services

Meaning limits

By itself, this status does not say which data is involved or whether such tracking has already occurred.

Examples

“Your watchlist stays inside the app, but the customer ID it sends to other companies' websites is used to track you.”

Core meaning

“They separated crash logs from data used to track you before sending the summary.”

In context