Play Store will soon show what data Android apps collect

Google requires developers of Android apps to be open about the data they collect with their applications and for what reason they do this. You will soon see this information on the store page in the Play Store, so that you can install apps in a more privacy-conscious way.

Play Store will soon show what data Android apps collect

By installing apps, you hand over a wealth of personal information to the creators behind them. For example, they can see how you use the app and from which location. Now it is often guesswork as to what exactly the developers can do with that data. Do they keep it to themselves to improve the app or do they use the data to tailor advertisements?

You will see that and more in the new privacy labels. This includes a distinction between location data, personal information such as your telephone number and e-mail address, photos and videos, search and surfing history, financial data and your address book. It also becomes clear whether the data is stored encrypted, and whether you have the option to have the data removed.

Watch a preview below.

From next year

App builders have until the second quarter of 2022 to provide this information. Otherwise, their apps will no longer enter the Play Store, or will be removed if they were already offered on it. In the first quarter of next year you can already encounter the privacy labels as an Android user. Let’s just hope that the developers are also honest about what information is collected.

Incidentally, Google follows the example of Apple in this. A similar policy has been in effect in the App Store since late last year.


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