DuckDuckGo attack on Google for the privacy labels, and collection of user data
Google is the most used search engine and its app suite such as Google Chrome, Gmail, and Google search has one of the most significant numbers of users.
User privacy and security are a real concern these days, and the technology giant has not pushed any update to its iPhone apps and thus the privacy was getting compromised. Google has finally addressed this issue and started pushing updates to the app suite on the Apple apps store. The privacy labels released with these apps reveal the data that these services collect from the users.
DuckDuckGo in a series of tweets attacked the tech giant and said “After months of stalling, Google has finally revealed the amount of personal data collected in Chrome and in the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it. Spying on users has nothing to do with building a good web browser or a good search engine. We would know (our app is both in one).”
After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it.
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Spying on users has nothing to do with building a great web browser or search engine. We would know (our app is both in one). pic.twitter.com/lJBbLTjMuu— DuckDuckGo (@DuckDuckGo) March 15, 2021
The privacy labels for the DuckDuckGo iPhone app simply say, “DuckDuckGo does not collect or share any personal information.” DuckDuckGo is a web browser focused primarily on privacy. The search engine has always given importance to privacy and has stated that it does not collect any user data and no data is shared.
