Google would be likely to fraudulently collect data through the Message and Telephone applications installed on Android.
This is the conclusion of analyzes carried out by Douglas Leith, professor of computer science at Trinity College Dublin.
The specialist determined that Google was able to transmit part of the personal data of users to its servers without any consent having been given, reports Phonandroid.
This contravenes the European regulations of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
“The data transmitted by Google Messages includes a hash of the message body, which allows the sender and recipient to be linked in the message exchange,” Douglas Leith explains in a document.
This could allow Google to consult the exchanges, points out the specialist.
Concerning Google Phone, the application transmits the times of the calls and their durations, but also the contacted telephone numbers.
No privacy policy
That these applications need to transmit data for their proper functioning can be understood, but the problem is that no authorization is requested.
Installed by default with Android, these applications do not have confidentiality rules that are easily consulted by the user.
However, the American giant requires such provisions from third-party developers.
Google has already been singled out for its behavior with regard to users' personal data.
In 2021, the advertising tracking devices set up by Google were denounced by an Austrian NGO.
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