Apps and access to my information

[RonSH]

It seems that most Apps say they need access to much personal information such as Contacts etc. Is this really necessary?? As a tab novice I would appreciate the views of experts regarding the security of personal information on my Nexus 7 2013.
Ron

 

[Tim K]

My impression is that some permissions sound more invasive than others. A lot of apps need access to your contacts...email, phone, SMS, Twitter, Facebook. All of those apps need to access your contacts in order to pull up the address, number etc. A lot of apps you may not think need it will also ask for permission to access contacts, but it's usually for the same reason. You may not think the game you installed needs access to your contacts, but a lot of games these days have features that share scores with your friends or something along those lines. It just needs contact info to grab an email address or phone number.

Basically it comes down to whether or not you trust the developer and whether you can think of any reason that app needs access to that information.

 

[RonSH]

Thanks for reply.
I guess its, as you say, a matter of trust eg unless you accept their conditions you can't use the App.