Google launches Apple style data safety feature in its app marketplace
The Hindu
The new feature will ask developers to give more information about how apps collect, share and secure users’ data.
Google launched its set of privacy labels in the Play Store following a similar move by Apple.
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The new feature will ask developers to give more information about how apps collect, share and secure users’ data.
Users will start seeing the Data safety section in Google Play on Thursday, and phased rollout will continue from there until all Play users on phone and the web can see all labels uploaded by developers. Developers must complete this section for their apps by July 20, the company said in a statement.
Any update in functionality of apps, or changes in their data handling practices need to reflect in the apps’ Data safety section, it added.
The new section will inform users whether an app is collecting data, sharing with third parties and the app’s security practices, like encryption of data in transit, and whether users can ask for data to be deleted.
It will also show if an app has committed to following Google’s child protection policies in Play Store.
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