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Google to require Android apps to disclose data privacy policies in Play store

Friday 7 May 2021 | 09:32 CET | News
Google announced plans to increase app disclosures on privacy practices on its Google Play Store. From next year, all apps, including Google's own, will be required to give Android users more information about how they collect and use data on customers. 

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