Users May Be Sharing More Than They Realize When Downloading Apps Through Google Play
iOS developer Dan Nolan was appalled to learn as he marketed his first Android app that Google was providing him with the name, email address and city of every user who purchased his app.
iOS developer Dan Nolan was appalled to learn as he marketed his first Android app that Google was providing him with the name, email address and city of every user who purchased his app.
Google Play facilitates a transaction between the developer and the user; it does not position itself as the merchant. The transaction relies on Google Wallet and thus on its privacy policy. Google provides the seller with all of the information s/he would need if the user had bought a physical product rather than a digital one.
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