# Collecting user data in Homey (Community) Apps **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Created:** [September 4, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/collecting-user-data-in-homey-community-apps/159185 "2026-09-04T20:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![smarthomesven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/smarthomesven/32/79712_2.png) [@smarthomesven](https://community.homey.app/u/smarthomesven)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2026, 7:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/collecting-user-data-in-homey-community-apps/159185/2 "2026-09-01T07:06:57Z")
> [@I found my Homey app listed on LG ThinQ PLAY without any prior notice](https://community.homey.app/t/i-found-my-homey-app-listed-on-lg-thinq-play-without-any-prior-notice/158921/23): > > LG does not: it collects user data and sells that data for profit. At least for me that doesn’t really matter. I collect data about my app users as well to get insight into which countries the app is most popular in (based on GeoIP), how often the users update the app, which platform version (Homey 2016-2019 or Homey 2023+) the users are using, etc. There’s nothing wrong with collecting telemetry IMO. > [@I found my Homey app listed on LG ThinQ PLAY without any prior notice](https://community.homey.app/t/i-found-my-homey-app-listed-on-lg-thinq-play-without-any-prior-notice/158921/23): > > and I also want them removed from any LG devices that might already be running them Why? The users already downloaded the app and you request that LG basically remotely uninstalls it? That would break many Flows (or however ThinQ calls them). I don’t think LG can legally do that. I know Apple and Google can do it too, but that only happens upon finding malware inside the apps or on government request. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/collecting-user-data-in-homey-community-apps/159185)._