Mozilla: Nearly 80% of apps have discrepancies in privacy policies reported by Google

Nearly four out every five apps in Google’s Play Store are not accurately reporting how they handle user data despite filling out required forms intended to increase transparency, researchers have found. 

Mozilla researchers analyzed the 40 most popular free and paid apps and how their data collection policies line up with what was disclosed on Google’s Data Safety Forms.

According to the researchers, there were so many significant discrepancies between the apps’ own privacy policies and the information provided on …

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