https://threatpost.com/parler-archive-amazon-suspension/162928/

On Monday, @donk_enby dispelled rumors posted on Reddit forums that said that private data had been scraped as part of the archival effort, reiterating that only content publicly available via the web is being archived. Data such as email addresses, phone numbers, private messages or credit-card numbers were not affected (unless they were publicly posted), she said.

However, that public data – including the GPS coordinates from the image metadata – could pose a privacy concern when it comes to what Parler was collecting from its users. Previously, the service has come under fire for asking users for their Social Security numbers and photo-ID images in order to become a verified account on the platform.

Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research with UpGuard, told Threatpost many services remove this metadata when images and videos are uploaded to their site. Because Parler kept this metadata in, it reveals data attached to user phones, including GPS coordinates or phone models.

70TB of Parler users' messages, videos and posts leaked by security researchers

The data might prove valuable to law enforcement since many who participated in the riots deleted their posts and videos afterward. The data scrape includes deleted posts, meaning that Parler stored user data after users deleted it.