http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/03/09/smartphone-apps-sending-your-data-to-china/
Smartphone apps are sending your data to China
These run-of-the mill applications were chosen because the Sunday Times felt they sought more information than was functionally necessary.
Using "MiddleMan" software, they were able to monitor app data transfers and made some rather disconcerting discoveries.
The Sunday Times The Sunday Times The results showed that of the 70 apps, "twenty-one transmitted the phone number, six sent out email addresses, six shared the exact co-ordinates of the phone and more than half passed on the handset's ID number."