Today we will probably see a new beta version of iOS 14.5, a new operating system for Apple mobile devices that, among many other things, will release the new tracking warnings after the application of Apple's new transparency policy. Based on this, we have been seeing how the different developers have been updating their apps admitting what data they collect from us ... Google has been among the last but it seems that it is already moving after the rumors of the launch of iOS 14.5. And if, Google has just updated Gmail for iOS indicating what data it collects from its users. Keep reading that we tell you all the details of this new update.
As we mentioned, this update It comes basically to adapt the app to Apple's new transparency policy. The new one version 6.0.210124 brings us correction of errors and improvements in the operation of the app, but, as we told you, now we can see in the Gmail App Store file for iOS (like Google Meet, and Google Podcast) what Google collects with these apps: Identifiers, Location, Purchase History, Search History, Contacts, Photos and Videos.
Be careful, we must also clarify that much of this information is what we later see in apps like Chrome that show us results of our email, or even When looking for a product on Google that appears in the results that we bought that item on that day. Good or bad compilation? Well, we go back to business as usual, more and more people have a Gmail email, or any other free one, and everything has a price. Google has always lived off data management and obviously with the mail it was not going to be less. Now I also tell you, using Gmail in the Apple Mail app is not going to save you anything either, in the end you use Gmail and everything goes through that service that collects the same, or more than with the app ...
