There is clear interest in understanding how information about mobile apps is conveyed to users.
Fully 60% of apps users have chosen to not download an app after discovering how much personal information the app required.Ĭlearly users are concerned about the information their apps require, but less is known about what is happening on the other side of the transaction - the permissions and capabilities that apps are most likely to ask for. A newly released Pew Research Center survey from February 2015 finds that users place significant emphasis on how much information their apps collect from them: 90% of app users indicate that having clear information about how apps will access or use their personal data is “very” or “somewhat” important to them when deciding to download an app. Once that permission is granted, the apps can amass insights from the data collected by the apps on things such as the physical activities and movements of users, their browsing and media-use habits, their social media use and their personal networks, the photos and videos they shoot and share, and their core communications.
Permissions are the mechanism by which app developers disclose how their apps will interact with users’ devices and personal information on devices running Google’s Android operating system. But actually accessing a device’s data or capabilities requires app developers to request it from end users in one way or another – often by asking users to click through an “I accept” box. This puts apps at the center of debates about privacy in the digital age.Īll of this information can be crucial to the functioning of mobile apps. As users go about their lives, their mobile devices produce a vast trove of personal information and data, ranging from the user’s location to a history of his or her phone calls or text message interactions. In order to function, apps may require access to both the capabilities of the devices they reside on as well as the user information contained on those devices. They allow users to tailor their powerful pocket computer into a device with hundreds of potential uses that meet their owners’ specific needs. They can serve a nearly unlimited range of functions - from simple tools like a calculator to advanced digital assistants. Then try to download the app.Today, 68% of Americans own a smartphone of some kind and an increasing number of digital interactions occur within the context of mobile apps.Īpps (short for “applications”) are programs that users can download to their smartphone or tablet computer. Restart your device and add your account again. Tap the Menu icon on the top right corner of the screen. If you're using a Google account, tap Google and then the account. Under Accounts, tap the name of the account that you want to remove. If clearing the cache and data doesn't resolve the issue, remove your Google account, restart your device, and then add your Google account again. Remove your Google account and then add it again When the cache and data are cleared, the Google Play Store error should be resolved. If cleaning the cache of the Google Play Store and Google Play Services doesn't resolve the issue, try clearing the Google Play Store data: Repeat the steps above, but replace Google Play Store in step 3 with Google Play services. Open the app details and tap the Force stop button.
Scroll to All apps and then scroll down to the Google Play Store app. (This option might differ depending on your device.) Try the following workarounds to fix the Google Play Store errors. The following are some of the most common Google Play Store errors: These errors might be due to Google Play Store updates, Google cache issues, Google Play Store stored data issues, or Google account issues.
Google Play Store Errors typically contain random numbers and are generated when you try to download apps from the Google Play Store. In the meantime, please see below for more information and try the workarounds suggested. The Google Play team is aware of this problem and is working to resolve the issues. You might receive an error that contains random numbers when you download Office apps from the Google Play store. Resolve app installation errors in Google Play Store