DuckDuckGo Vs Google: Did Google Try To Hide The Reality Of How Much Of Our Data Is Collected?

After weeks of the saga unfolding as Google did not roll out any updates for its popular iPhone apps and therefore did not publish the new App Privacy labels on the App Store, Google finally began to toll out updates for Gmail, Google Search and Chrome for iPhone users over the past few weeks. Privacy focused rival search engine DuckDuckGo has fired the first shots at Google, saying Google Search and Chrome web browser apps in particular are collecting a lot of user data, as revealed by the privacy labels, and that it is no wonder Google wanted to hide it. That may very well be based on the information that has been declared by Google, as part of the privacy labels that are a mandatory add-on for the updated apps and their listings on the Apple App Store—Android users, you mustn’t sit in the corner and grin, because this isn’t an Apple iPhone unique issue and you can very well expect a similar data collection happening on your phones too. The Google Chrome web browser app, for instance, collects location data, browsing history, User ID and device ID identifiers, crash data, performance data, user content, product interaction usage data, payment info and a vaguely packaged “other data types” that is listed for analytics as well as app functionality. pic.twitter.com/lJBbLTjMuu— DuckDuckGo March 15, 2021 At the same time, the Google Search app collects location data with precise location, search history, browsing history, usage data that lists advertising data, contacts, physical address and email address, photos and videos as well as other user content, product interaction and advertising data, as well as payment info that you’ve stored under financial info for autofill, to name a few.