Google to bar loan apps from photos, contacts

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Google logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Google will from May 31 update its privacy policy to restrict apps that offer personal loans from accessing sensitive user data such as photos and contacts as the tech giant ups its game to tame the predatory behaviour of rogue lenders.

The search engine firm pushed an update on its personal loans policy indicating it will from May 31 prohibit money lending apps from accessing user contacts and photos.

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