If you buy Android apps from the Google Play Store, you may be surprised to know that the developers of those apps get access to your name, e-mail address and zip code.
This isn’t a new policy, and apparently it’s by design. But it was news to me, and given that Google doesn’t clearly tell users about it, I imagine a lot of people don’t know about the policy.
The issue was brought up in a blog post by Dan Nolan, a developer based in Australia, before it was picked up by news.com.au and others:
With the information I have available to me through the checkout portal I could track down and harass users who left negative reviews or refunded the app purchase. …
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