In May last year, Google introduced a new Data Security section for apps listed in the Play Store.

A feature that started appearing in the listed apps during April this year, a new feature that will be mandatory for all apps starting July 20.

New sections of information on Data Security have started to appear in the applications listed in the Play Store, and there is something that is a little disturbing, Telegraph reports.

That is, it appears that the new information window appears to be taking the place of the app permissions summary that all apps in the Play Store had.

If this sounds a little confusing, here's why you should be careful.

Each app listed in the Play Store traditionally has a summary of the permissions required by the Android operating system.

Things that range from those good and obvious things like network access to many potentially dangerous and sensitive things like access to contacts, the phone's document system or location data.

This list is automatically generated by Google itself by scanning the developer's application documents after submission to the Play Store.

Therefore nothing can be intentionally hidden or removed from the user.

On the other hand, the new Security Data sector is completely populated by developers.

Google has an interface in the developer dashboard in the Play Store that lists a number of types of personal and device data that the developer must pass on and find out if and how it is being handled by their apps.

/Telegraph/