Or does anyone know when I can reset it back the time period liek the way it said Google doesn't allow back to back changes (which I havent done at all and had changed password after years just recently and being new password and jsut typing it once to log in on phone I completely forgot it.I tried to fill the form plus kept on trying to reset the password.I do remember the starting word but. Also Read Google removed about 100 personal loan apps violating user safety between Dec 2020-Jan 2021: Dhotre. Paytm, in its plea filed through advocate Karuna Nandy, had claimed that.
Paytm is back on the Play Store hours after the app was taken down for violating policies on gambling. Earlier today, Google removed the Paytm app from the Play Store while other apps like Paytm for Business, Paytm mall, Paytm Money, and a few more were still available on the platform.
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Update: And we’re back! 🥳
— Paytm (@Paytm) September 18, 2020
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Commenting on the matter Paytm issued an official statement and said Google suspended the app as it violated Play Store policies on gambling. “We continue to work with Google to restore the app. We assure all our users that their balances and linked accounts are 100 per cent safe. Our services are fully functional on all existing apps and you can continue enjoying Paytm like before,” the company said.
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(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)Calling the removal of its application from the Google Play Store ‘unjustified’, Paytm on Sunday alleged that the U.S.-headquartered technology firm “arm twisted” it to remove a UPI cashback scheme even as its own digital. Paytm has been removed from the Play Store by Google. The app still remains functional on Android phones. Paytm as a platform can still be used from iPhones and PCs. In a rather surprising move, Google has taken down the app for the popular financial services platform, Paytm from its Play Store.
Google prohibits online casinos and other unregulated gambling apps on its play store. Even fantasy sports platforms like Dream 11 are kept out. The tech giant also reveals that an app that leads consumers to an external site that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to real money clearly violates Play Store policies.
In a blog post posted earlier on Friday, Google’s Suzanne Frey, Vice President, Product, Android Security and Privacy explains, “We don’t allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies.”
Frey notes, “We have these policies to protect users from potential harm. When an app violates these policies, we notify the developer of the violation and remove the app from Google Play until the developer brings the app into compliance.”
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“In the case where there are repeated policy violations, we may take more serious action which may include terminating Google Play Developer accounts. Our policies are applied and enforced on all developers consistently,” Frey further states.
Commenting on the matter, Akash Karmakar of Panag and Babu Law Offices, who represents various tech and app companies said, “While PayTM did not directly engage in, or promote sports betting or gambling, it did have links to third-party sites which did. The ease of using PayTM on these third-party apps may have been viewed by Google as the element which makes PayTM as supporting these sites. Google appears to have taken an ethical stand against apps that promote or even advertise unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. Since many other apps are also promoting betting and gambling websites through ads and pop-ups, if Google applies the same standard, I would expect more apps will get taken off the Play Store.”
Google on Friday restored the Paytm app on its Play store after removing it for a few hours for violating its policy on sports betting activities.
The app was back on the Google Play store on Friday evening after the Softbank-backed Paytm removed the 'cashback' feature from a recently-launched game on the application.
'Update: And we're back!,' Paytm said in a tweet.
On Friday morning, Google removed the Paytm app -- which facilitates use of wallet and payments bank services -- from the Play store.
However, users who had already downloaded the app could continue using the services.
'The app was blocked for violation of Play policies - a clarification of our policy was released earlier today ahead of the IPL tournament,' Google said in an e-mailed response, adding that only the app availability on Play store was impacted.
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Google, in a blog post earlier on Friday, had said it does not allow apps facilitating sports betting and will remove such apps from the Play store.
These policies are in place to protect users from potential harm, it added.
'We don't allow online casinos or support any unregulated gambling apps that facilitate sports betting. This includes if an app leads consumers to an external website that allows them to participate in paid tournaments to win real money or cash prizes, it is a violation of our policies,' the blog post said.
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma said the company has already removed the scratch cards which offered the cashbacks, complying with Google's concerns.
Stating that Google was not allowing it to acquire new customers by blocking Paytm's promotion, Sharma said India needs support for further growing the startup ecosystem.
'(Platforms like Google) are dominating platforms and with power comes responsibility. I believe that they should be responsible for this country's growth and startup ecosystem... India's ecosystem needs support, not stifling of innovation,' he told news channel CNBC-TV18.
A Paytm spokesperson said the company had recently launched the 'Paytm Cricket League' on its consumer app for users to engage in their passion of cricket and get cashbacks.
'The game allows users to get player stickers after each transaction, collect them and get Paytm Cashback. Cashback is legal in India and we strictly follow all rules and laws of the land.
'Unfortunately, Google believes this to be a violation of its policies and has unlisted the Paytm Android app from the Play Store,' the spokesperson said.
Google Removed Paytm App
The spokesperson added that the cashback feature has been removed and confirmed that the app has been restored on the Play store.
Google, in its blog post, had said that when an app violates its policies, it notifies the developer of the violation and removes the application from Google Play until the developer brings it into compliance.
'And in the case where there are repeated policy violations, we may take more serious action which may include terminating Google Play Developer accounts.
'Our policies are applied and enforced on all developers consistently,' the blog post by Android Security and Privacy Vice President Product Suzanne Frey said.
There is often a surge in launches of such apps before major sporting tournaments like the IPL.
The latest season of the Indian Premier League is scheduled to start from September 19 in the United Arab Emirates.
Meanwhile, Sonam Chandwani, Managing Partner at KS Legal & Associates, said, 'Enforcement of compliance with Google's policies one day before IPL is scheduled to kickstart, is a preemptive attempt by Google to reinstate and remind developers of its stringent gambling policies.'
She said in India, legislation puts a blanket ban on sports betting but fantasy sports is not illegal in most states.
'However, Google's policies will have an over-arching implication on apps in its Play Store.
'An undetermined implication would be the compliance of its policies by sports fantasy apps like Dream 11 and MPL that are not directly available on the Google Play Store platform but feature in advertisements and inducing similar effect on its user, eventually leading to a violation of its gambling policies,' she noted.
In a statement, the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports said it had sought clarity from Google to ensure a level-playing field for all fantasy sports apps.
FIFS also said it has never asked for any company, such as MPL or Paytm, to have any negative repercussions whatsoever.
'We are here to protect all our members no matter their business size and treat all members/non-members the same.
'In the past, FanCode and SportsTiger, sister brands of Dream11 and MyTeam11 respectively, were removed from the Google Play Store for violation of Google Play Store's policy as they were promoting their Fantasy Sports Apps,' it added.