Google tweaks privacy policy for Indian payment app after Paytm complaint

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Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes.

Google Pay’s new privacy policy stated that UPI transaction data could be used for monetisation purposes only by the platform itself.

New Delhi: Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes.

Google Pay’s new privacy policy stated that UPI transaction data could be used for monetisation purposes only by the platform itself. But the company said it did not do so now.

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