The Electronic Privacy Information Centre has issued a request to the US Federal Trade Commission for Jay-Z’s Magna Carter Holy Grail Samsung app to be investigated after claims that it is far too intrusive.

The app allowed users to access the album a week before the album’s official release but has sparked a backlash when it stopped working after 20 million hits.

Jay-Z himself apologized for the app tweeting: "sux must do better".

Further problems arose when users found that the app required far more permissions than were necessary to get the album and this further prompted Jay-Z to describe the experience “disheartening”.

In a statement the Electronic Privacy Information Centre said: "Samsung failed to disclose material information about the privacy practices of the app, collected data unnecessary to the functioning of the Magna Carta App, deprived users of meaningful choice regarding the collection of their data, interfered with device functionality, and failed to implement reasonable data minimisation procedures."

Jeremiah Reynolds, an intellectual property lawyer has stated that it is unlikely that any legal action will be taken saying: "People may believe it's intrusive, but as long as it's correctly described and as long as the people give consent, I don't see what the issue is."