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What fresh hell is this? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've published a simillar app to the play store (a calculator for keeping track of your stats in a game) and it got denied because it had no privacy policy, and I had to add one. Maybe that's why they need to include it?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I would believe that but I'm pretty sure this is the default Google calculator. It looks like the same one that's on my Pixel. And when I click on the privacy policy thing it takes me to Google's privacy policy so who knows what the calculator is doing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Then perhaps it's because Google should follow their own rules? I mean, I still think it's dumb to have a privacy policy on a calculator, but if that's what they ask from other devs maybe they do this to look good?

    Otherwise, getting tracked by a calculator is really a low 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Yeah I really hope this is just them following the rules and instead of putting in the work hours for their lawyers to make a privacy policy for their calculator they just have a standard one they use and not them using the calculator to gather data. But it is Google so I wouldn't be surprised.

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