A new report reveals Android phones ping Google much more than iPhones ping Apple, which may represent data-collection overreach by the search giant.

A large number of Android mobile apps listed on the official Google Play Store contain self-contradictory language in their privacy policies in regards to data collection practices. In an academic ...

Google said it will create a new safety section in its Play mobile-app store that will let Android smartphone users see what data developers collect about them and share, plus give access to ...

GetJar released data from a “global survey” about mobile apps and user behavior that offers positive news for the Android platform, which reportedly beats the iPhone in terms of “next phone ...

Using Android devices and the free ODK Collect application, surveyors can then easily perform the digital survey even without WIFI connection or data plan in the field.

Researcher Douglas Leith from Trinity College in Ireland looked at what sort of data Android and iPhone send back to Google and Android, respectively.