ISLAMABAD: Google has removed 14 apps from its app store at the request of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), which officially took up the matter with the Alphabet-owned US tech company regarding the breach of personal data of Pakistani residents.
Nadra has taken up the issue with Scott Beaumont, Google’s president for Asia Pacific; Hiang Choong, its legal head in the region; and Stephanie Davis, the company’s vice president for customer solutions, according to documents seen by Dawn.
In a letter written to Google on “Breach of Personal Data of Residents and their Privacy by Application Providers on Google Play Store”, Nadra described this issue as “important and urgent” and stated that the issue “involving the personal data of residents of Pakistan, which is being illegally sold and/or shared by various applications (apps) hosted on your platform and available on Google Play Store”.
It said the apps were “illegally and deceptively” using Nadra’s name and products to impersonate and deceive users with the impression that the apps were in some manner either officially linked with, authorised or operated by Nadra, and hence “obtain unwarranted credibility for their apps and services”.
Noting that Google’s policy on impersonation did not allow users to impersonate someone else, Nadra informed the company that “certain apps are impersonating Nadra or implying they are authorised to provide Nadra products and services to their users” and obtained personal...
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