There will be a new “Data Privacy and Security” section on the app listing page that will provide what kind of data a particular app collects such as location, financial information, user activity, whether or not the data can be deleted, how the data is shared Goes more. It will also display information on whether the app complies with Family Policy and has gone through an “independent safety review”.
Users can expand through each of the pointers to know the specific privacy details of each app. It is expected that Google will roll out this feature later this year or early next year. The company has also issued new user data policies that make it mandatory for developers to specify how users’ personal data is processed.
Google said in its official blog post, “You must be transparent in the way you handle user data (for example, information collected from or about a user, including device information). access, collection, use and sharing of data, and limiting the use of data for the purposes disclosed.
Also, if an app handles personal or sensitive user data, the developer will need to provide additional requirements”personal and sensitive information” section. These Google Play requirements are in addition to any requirements set forth by applicable privacy and data protection laws.
For example, for apps dealing with financial or payment information or government identification numbers, the developer must ensure that the app does not “publicly disclose any personal or sensitive user data relating to financial or payment activities or any government identification number”. should not be disclosed.”
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