Google Privacy Policy

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  Apple Rejected Meta’s Partnership Proposal to Bring Its AI Chatbot Months Ago: Report

  Apple, in an earlier report, was said to be in discussions with Meta to onboard it as a third-party artificial intelligence (AI) partner to power new features for its devices. However, a new report now claims that the two companies held brief talks months ago, where the social media giant proposed the integration of its AI chatbot into the iPhone, ...

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  Google Play Store Banned 2.28 Mn Policy-Violating Apps in 2023, Sued Developers Behind 2 Fraudulent Apps

  Google Play Store prevented 2.28 million apps from being published in 2023 due to major policy violations. In a new report published by the tech giant, it highlighted the steps it took in the last year to ensure the security and privacy of Play Store users. The company further highlighted that it also banned 333K developer accounts from the platfor...

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  Google Accused Of "Stealing Everything Ever Created On Internet" To Train Bard

  The company also updated its online privacy policy earlier this month, stating that it can use publicly available data to train its AI tools.

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  Google Acted Against Over 3,500 Loan Apps in India in 2022 for Violating Play Store Policy

  Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday. Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 1,73,000 bad accounts preventing over $2 billion (nearly Rs. 16,350 crore) in fraudulent and...

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  Fitbit to Introduce Google Account Login From 2023; Will be Required for New Devices, Features: All Details

  Fitbit will require users to sign in with their Google account to set up new devices or access new features from 2023. Once the transition is complete next year, Fitbit users will be required to consent to transfer of their user data from Fitbit to Google, which will then be subject to Google’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and binding commit...

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  Google India Continues to Engage With Policymakers on Data Protection Legalisation, Assures Company Executive

  Google advocated free flow of information for global internet and digital economy, while cautioning against creation of "damaging or harmful impediments". Google's Global Chief Privacy Officer also said that Google's local teams in India and global public policy teams continue to engage with policymakers locally and around the world on data protect...

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  Truecaller to End Its Call Recording Feature as Google Updates Play Store Policy

  Truecaller has announced that it will not offer its call recording feature from May 11 -- the day on which Google’s updated Play Store policy comes into effect. Google is restricting the access of third party applications to the Accessibility API from May 11.

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  Amazon Seen Triumphing Over Apple Privacy Policy Changes in Digital Advertising Business

  Amazon is expected to emerge as a winner in the digital advertising arena, surviving Apple's privacy changes better than rivals Facebook and Snap.

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  Apple’s App Store, Google Play Delisted Over 8 Lakh Apps Over Lack of Privacy Policy, Other Factors: Report

  Over 813,000 apps were delisted from Apple’s and Google’s app stores in the first half of this year, as per the H1 2021 Delisted Mobile Apps Report by Pixalate. More than five million mobile apps across the Google and Apple app stores were analysed to form the report. Out of those, 15 percent of the apps were delisted in the first half of the y...

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  Google Play Store Safety Section and Privacy Labels Showcased in New Developer Post

  Google Play store has showcased how the safety section may look once its implemented in the first quarter of 2022. The safety section will have a summary of how listed apps use and collect user data. It will also show whether an app complies with Google's Families policies.

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  Battlegrounds Mobile India Sends Data to Servers Outside Country, May Include China; CAIT Demands Ban

  Battlegrounds Mobile India privacy policy page clearly states that Krafton “may transfer your data to other countries and/or regions to operate the game service and/or to meet legal requirements. The legal basis for such processing is compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject to or are legitimate interests, such as exercise or de...

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  Google Hid Privacy Settings on Android Phones, Made Confusing Data Collection Policies: Report

  New unredacted documents from an Arizona, US lawsuit against Google reportedly suggests that the search giant hid privacy settings and made them harder to find for users. The documents reportedly reveal that Google continued to collect location data, even when key location sharing was turned off. The company used different methods like Wi-Fi, or th...

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  Google Will Not Allow Apps to Access Installed App Inventory on Android, New Developer Policy Shows

  Google is restricting apps’ access to the installed app inventory on an Android device. The permission will be given only if it is necessary for an app to undertake the core user-facing functionality.

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  Signal Tops App Store and Google Play Charts in India and US, Thanks to WhatsApp Privacy Change

  Signal is on the top position on Google Play top charts in the US, UK, Germany, Lebanon, and France regions. In Brazil and Singapore, Signal sits on the third position on Google Play similar to the Indian market.

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  Switching to Signal? 5 Tips and Tricks You Need to Know

  Signal is getting popular with a lot of new users joining from WhatsApp. If you're one of them, then here are some useful tips that you can follow to make the most of the app.