Google forces devs to reveal Chrome extensions’ data use, privacy practices

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Starting January 2021, developers of Chrome extensions will have to certify their data use and privacy practices and provide information about the data collected by the extension(s), “in clear and easy to understand language,” in the extension’s detail page in the Chrome Web Store. “We are also introducing an additional policy focused on limiting how extension developers use data they collect,” Google added. Privacy practices get more attention Two weeks ago Apple announced that developers … More

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