- Google has reportedly started rolling out its new age verification requirements for the Play Store.
- Failure to prove you are 18 or older could lead to disruptions in app downloads.
- Adult users find these new systems very intrusive also report being wrongly flagged as minors and forced to verify using sensitive personal information, including selfies, credit cards, or government IDs.
They already collect it all. This refines what they collect.
Through a different lens… you could say that refining the data they collect improves the quality of the product (you). So it’s not meant to do anything good for the people who use Google services; it’s meant to benefit Google’s customers–the advertisers.