Blog | G5 Cyber Security

Google set to purge Play store of apps lacking a privacy policy

Google is warning developers that it plans to purge its Play store of apps that dont have privacy policies. Developers worldwide have been receiving notices from Google this week, informing them that the company plans to limit visibility or to entirely remove such apps. Google Play store had some 2.6m apps as of December 2016, according to statistics portal Statista. Studies have found that mobile apps in general both those in Google Play and in Apples app store have been pretty dismal when it comes to privacy.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/02/10/google-set-to-purge-play-store-of-apps-lacking-a-privacy-policy/

Exit mobile version