A new study focused on the Data Safety information in Google Play indicates that the details developers are providing are often inaccurate, giving people “a false sense of security.”
have both added mechanisms to their app stores meant to act as a sort of privacy nutrition label, giving users some insight into how apps behave and what information they may share. These transparency tools, though, are populated with self-reported information from app developers themselves. And afocused on the Data Safety information in Google Play indicates that the details developers are providing are often inaccurate.
Google mandates that all app developers submitting to Google Play complete the Data Safety form. The rationale is that the developers are the ones who have the information on how their product handles data and interacts with other parties, not the app store that facilitates distribution.
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