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download dpangers. that's our cover story. >> reporter: from game, to news to navigation. the global app business tops $140 billion a year, with get this, more than 10 million download each download, according to experts, comes the risk of your private information leaking out. >> maybe it's leaking your user name, your password and credit card information just by you hitting a single button. anything they may have put into that tool is vulnerable. >> michael covington is a vp. a recent study uncovered more than 200 mobile apps and websites leaking personal data. >> a security professional was not aware that this ms. brands were not protecting that information. >> major brands we won't name here, but covington said his group alerted the app developers. >> i've seen some of the parties usually react by having a new app or new website out within 24 hours and in other cases they don't even pick up the phone. there's so much demand for each service provider to have an app available for their customers that there's a push to accelerate their time to market. >> reporter: some of