A large number of Android mobile apps listed on the official Google Play Store contain self-contradictory language in their privacy policies in regards to data collection practices. In an academic ...

Back in May of 2021, Google announced that privacy labels would be coming to the Google Play Store. Now, almost a year later, the company has announced that it will soon be rolling these labels out to ...

New research shows that Google has been collecting extremely detailed data about the calls you make via the Phone app and the text messages exchanged on your Android phone. Google used these Android ...

Android users, take note: On Tuesday, Google reached a preliminary settlement in a class action lawsuit over illegal data collection. If it goes through, Google will pay out $135 million to Android ...

The lawsuit charged that Google was collecting data even when its users were not actually using their phones. The data collection in the background occurred secretly without any apparent consent of ...

Google agreed to pay $135 million to settle an Android data collection lawsuit, potentially delivering payments to millions of users this year. The settlement covers allegations that Google programmed ...