Google is set to begin implementing a new data deletion policy for Android apps.
The policy will go into effect in early 2024.
- Google
claims that this feature is important so that users can request account
and data deletion without having to reinstall an app.
- The
company's goal is to have an option that makes it easy to initiate an
app account deletion process from both within the app and outside of it.
- Google
added that temporary account deactivation, disabling, or freezing of
the app account does not qualify as account deletion.
- The new policy is expected to go into effect early
next year. Developers have until Dec. 7, 2023, to submit answers to the
data deletion questions in the app's data safety form.
