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Two years later, in 2021, [[Research|researcher]] Douglas Leith, using a sort of data interception, showed that several data are sent from Android device to [[Google]]'s servers, even when the phone is sleeping (IDLE) with no [[Google]] account registered into it.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Paul Wagenseil |date=2021-03-30 |title=New study reveals iPhones aren't as private as you think |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/news/android-ios-data-collection |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Tom's Guide |language=en}}</ref> Several [[Google]] [[Application software|applications]] send data, such as [[Google Chrome|Chrome]], [[Google Messages|Message]] or [[Google Docs|Docs]], however [[YouTube|Youtube]] is the only one to add a unique identifier data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=apple_google.pdf |url=https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/apple_google.pdf}}</ref>

In 2022, Leith showed that an Android [[Telephone|phone]] sent various data related to communications, including [[Telephone|phone]] and [[Text messaging|text messages]] to Google. [[Timestamping (computing)|Timestamp]], sender and receiver, plus several other data, are sent to [[Google Play Services]] infrastructure, even if the "Usage and Diag" feature is disabled. Those data are marked with a Unique Identifier of an Android device, and don'tdo not comply with [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf |url=https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf}}</ref>

==== Australia ====

Google was sanctioned about [[Australian dollar|A$]]60 Million (approx 40Million40 Million [[United States dollar|USD]]) in [[Australia]] for having misled its Android customers. It concerns the 2017–2018 period where the issue regarding misleading ___location tracking settings was discovered, and the case came under Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission responsibility. The trial concluded in 2021 when the court decided Google broke [[Consumer law]] for about 1.3 million of Google account owners.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lomas |first=Natasha |date=2022-08-12 |title=Google fined $40M+ for misleading ___location tracking settings |url=https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/12/google-android-___location-tracking-australia/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=TechCrunch |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== United States of America ====