Googlebannedpersonal loans with an Annual Percentage Rate (APR) of 36 percent or higher back in October 2019.
Predatory loan apps that collect personal data from devices to blackmail borrowers were explicitlybannedlast year.
She downloaded several predatory apps from the Play Store, including one calledJoyCredito.
Gonzalez started receiving tens of intimidating calls and texts every day from debt collectors sent by the predatory apps.
Some included altered photos of her and implications she was a prostitute.
Her entire contacts list also received the messages.
Rest of World looked at 15 apps on the Play Store that violates Google’s terms and conditions.
Two others specified full access only in external documents, and one other gave no data access information.
There are also cases where the apps collect SMS and SMS log data.
Google says it is investigating the matter and collaborating with Mexican authorities in the ongoing investigations.
But the incidents have led to questions about whether Google is even reviewing apps' terms and services.
