Security News > 2021 > July > Google Details New Privacy and Security Policies for Android Apps
Google this week announced a series of updates to its Google Play policies that are meant to improve overall user privacy and security and provide more control over ads personalization.
As per the new policy, all applications in Google Play will be required to detail their privacy and security practices by April 2022.
In the new safety section, developers can share details on the application's security practices, whether the application follows Google Play's Families policy, and whether it has been independently validated against a global security standard.
Applications running on Android 12 devices will be impacted first, but in early 2022 the functionality will be expanded to all apps on all devices that support Google Play.
Apps that update their target API level to Android 12 and want to use advertising ID will have to declare a new Google Play services permission.
Other security enhancements coming to Google Play include the closing of inactive or abandoned accounts after a year, including accounts where no app has been uploaded or those where the Google Play Console hasn't been accessed in a year.
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