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GOOGLE SHARES YOUR PERSONAL INFO WITH APP MAKERS

When you buy an Android app from the Google app store, they give the app maker your full name, email address and the neighborhood where you live. This occurs without clear warning every single time you buy an app.

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If you can't trust Google's app store, how can you trust them for anything?

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YOUR PRIVACY IS OUR PRIORITY

Unlike Google, Windows Phone Store doesn't share your personal information with app makers.

Google hands over details about you to app makers without any clear warning, placing your personal information in the hands of unknown third parties. The privacy breach could potentially lead to spam and online harassment.

It's not necessary for an app maker to have your full name, email address and neighborhood, so Windows Phone Store refrains from passing on this sensitive information.

Windows Phone Store does not share your personal information with third-party app makers.

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Scroogled pronunciation
verb

Word Origin:

Google's ongoing use of invasive tactics to maximize their advertising profits.

Definition:

3. The Google practice of giving third-party app makers your personal info without clear warning, including full name, email address and the neighborhood where you live.

See also: breach; careless; insecure; pass on; share; unnecessary; deceptive; hidden.

Sample sentence:

"When Google passes on my personal info to app makers without clear warning–I get Scroogled!"