A few months ago, with the arrival of the new ‘Data Security’ section, the section of the app permissions started to disappear play storeuntil last July, it disappeared for all users.
The removal of the permissions section from the app caused a lot of complaints from users, which caused Google to back down, announcing that it would bring the permissions section back to the Play Store, which has already happened.
Returns permissions section in play store
A month after its removal, we see that the app permissions section has returned to the Play Store, both in its Android app and in its web version. We no longer need to use third-party stores to find out what permissions an app is going to ask for before installing it.
the section of ‘Application Permissions’ it is exactly where it was before it disappeared and has been replaced by the “Data Security” section. To see an app’s permissions, just open an app’s file, click ‘Info. of the app’ and scroll down to the section ‘Application Data’ in which we find access to the ‘App Permissions
With this return, the new ‘Data Security’ section is no longer accessible from the ‘App Data’ section and now only appears in the main app or game tab, just below the ‘App Info’ section.
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