Google has updated its Personal Loans policy for apps on Play Store, prohibiting apps offering personal loans from accessing sensitive data, such as photos, contacts, and call logs. The new policy applies to apps offering financial services and aims to comply with emerging regulations meant to take on predatory Digital Credit Providers (DCPs) particularly in Kenya, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Nonbanking financial companies in these countries must have only one digital lending app on the Google Play Store, and must comply with specific terms and conditions for financial apps to be allowed on the platform.