Ensuring a secure and trustworthy Google Play presence remains our utmost priority. We utilize our established SAFE rules to provide a tailored framework for crafting unique solutions for both customers and builders alike. These rules imply that a specific set of guidelines must be adhered to, whereby certain conditions and criteria must be met in order to establish a clear understanding of the principles governing a particular system or process.
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- Foster a culture of inclusivity that empowers individuals to thrive without sacrificing their personal privacy and security.
- Maintain a proactive stance against emerging risks by continuously refining our insurance offerings, tools, and capabilities.
We’ve recently implemented cutting-edge enhancements and launched innovative measures to consistently protect Google Play’s users as the threat landscape evolves continuously? By the end of 2023, our efforts ensured that a significant 2.28 million apps did not breach Google Play’s guidelines, thereby maintaining the integrity of the digital marketplace. Thanks to enhanced funding for innovative security enhancements, comprehensive coverage updates, and advanced machine learning and app evaluation methodologies. We’ve further enhanced our developer onboarding and evaluation processes for new developers setting up their Google Play accounts from scratch. With significant investments in our evaluation tools and processes, we significantly improved our ability to detect and disrupt dangerous actors and fraud rings, ultimately banning over 333,000 malicious accounts from the platform for egregious violations such as confirmed malware infections and repeated severe content breaches.
While over 190,000 app submissions have been either rejected or required changes to ensure proper utilization of sensitive permissions such as background location and SMS access? To protect individuals’ privacy on a large scale, we collaborated with software development kit (SDK) providers to limit sensitive data input and sharing, thereby bolstering the privacy stance for more than 31 SDKs affecting over 790,000 applications. We have significantly broadened our coverage to encompass the SDKs employed in almost six million applications across the entire Android ecosystem. This valuable resource empowers developers to make informed SDK choices, enhances application quality, and mitigates integration risks effectively.
Defending the Android Ecosystem
Building on our momentum from the successful (ADA) initiative, we collaborated with industry leaders Microsoft and Meta as key stakeholders within the prestigious umbrella, as part of the esteemed family. The alliance will promote industry-wide adoption of robust app safety best practices and countermeasures to mitigate emerging security threats.
In addition, we launched new Play Store transparency labelling, which has successfully undergone an independent safety assessment through the App Protection Alliance. When searching for VPN apps on Google Play, users are presented with an educational banner at the top highlighting the “Independent safety evaluation” badge in the Security section of the Knowledge part. By showcasing that a developer prioritizes safety and privacy best practices, they can instill confidence in customers that their personal security is a top concern.
To better protect our users who install apps outside of the Google Play Store, we’ve significantly enhanced Google Play Protect’s security capabilities by incorporating code-level improvements to combat novel malicious apps. With our robust safety protocols and sophisticated machine learning algorithms, we scrutinize every app submission to Google, analyzing hundreds of warnings and examining app behavior to ensure the highest level of security. This new capability has successfully identified and blocked more than 5 million newly released, harmful apps that target Android users globally.
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Last year, we focused on developing Generative AI applications, introducing innovative notification features, and enhancing privacy safeguards across our platforms. We’re enhancing our standards for newly created private developer accounts by introducing a stricter requirement: all apps must meet certain criteria before being made available on Google Play. By rigorously testing their applications, incorporating user feedback, and ensuring that each component is thoroughly prepared prior to launch, developers can deliver high-quality content to Google Play users. To enhance faith and transparency, we have introduced, in collaboration with, a feature that includes D-U-N-S numbers for companies, as well as a novel “About the Developer” section.
Apps allowing account creation are increasingly seeking to provide users with a seamless option to initiate account deletion and associated data erasure directly within the application or online portal. This net requirement is crucial for ensuring that individuals can seamlessly request account and information deletion without the need to reinstall an application. The Simplified Expertise is now seamlessly integrated within the Knowledge Security feature on the Google Play Store, streamlining access to enhanced functionality.
With each successive iteration of the Android operating system, accompanied by its comprehensive suite of APIs, a wide range of advancements are introduced, aimed at refining user experience, strengthening security measures, and optimizing overall performance for the Android platform. To further protect our users, approximately 1.5 million apps that do not target the latest Android APIs are no longer available for download in the Google Play Store to new customers who have updated their devices to the latest Android version.
Trying Forward
Protecting customer interests alongside those of developers on Google Play remains a top priority, constantly adapting to emerging challenges. In 2024, we will be introducing a range of new safety initiatives, complemented by our commitment to removing apps from the Google Play store that fail to provide transparency regarding their privacy practices.
Recently, we have taken legal action by filing a lawsuit in a federal court against two individuals who perpetrated a scheme involving numerous misrepresentations, ultimately leading to the creation of fraudulent funding and cryptocurrency exchange applications on the Google Play store, which they used to defraud customers. This lawsuit represents a crucial step towards holding accountable those who pose a threat, sending a clear message that we will relentlessly pursue those who seek to exploit our customers.
We’re committed to developing innovative ways to safeguard your data on Google Play and across the entire Android environment, with a promise to share more exciting updates in the future.
