The app trap: Exposing where your data goes | Marketplace
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Marketplace tests popular apps, revealing how some collect and share your information. We reveal how information is leaving your phone, where it's going and expose a data trade you may not realize you've agreed to.
THE APP TRAP
producer/director
KATHLEEN COUGHLIN
associate producer
BOBBY HRISTOVA
editor
FAZIELA HAFFEJEE
reporter
ROSA MARCHITELLI
camera
WILL ARNOLD
JOHN LESAVAGE
GEORDIN ZEE
TURGUT YETER
OLIVER WALTERS
SEAN CANABOY
FERNANDO MORENO
audio
MICHAEL COLE
MERSUM KHOKHAR
art director
DAVID ABRAHAMS
additional footage
YOUTUBE/Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs
social media producers
DANNY BURKE
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
HARPUNEET NIJJAR
colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH
sound mix
DANY TREMBLAY
resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER
news rollout
LAURA THOMPSON
packaging editor
BENNY KOSHY
packaging producer
LINDA SIBONY
senior producer
MELISSA MANCINI
executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI
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NOVEMBER 13, 2026
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THE APP TRAP
producer/director
KATHLEEN COUGHLIN
associate producer
BOBBY HRISTOVA
editor
FAZIELA HAFFEJEE
reporter
ROSA MARCHITELLI
camera
WILL ARNOLD
JOHN LESAVAGE
GEORDIN ZEE
TURGUT YETER
OLIVER WALTERS
SEAN CANABOY
FERNANDO MORENO
audio
MICHAEL COLE
MERSUM KHOKHAR
art director
DAVID ABRAHAMS
additional footage
YOUTUBE/Super Simple Songs - Kids Songs
social media producers
DANNY BURKE
CAROLINE GDYCZYNSKI
HARPUNEET NIJJAR
colour correction
KYLE J. SMITH
sound mix
DANY TREMBLAY
resource coordinator
MARC CORMIER
news rollout
LAURA THOMPSON
packaging editor
BENNY KOSHY
packaging producer
LINDA SIBONY
senior producer
MELISSA MANCINI
executive producer
NELISHA VELLANI
first broadcast
NOVEMBER 13, 2026
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