Realme UI 4.0 Accused of Collecting User Data Without Consent; Government to Investigate Further

[{"selector":"#anim-b4ccaa17-9338-4804-bbc4-41fe94abe257","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-47df992a-3559-4a6e-8cbf-f0a93f2c884c","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Realme UI 4.0 Accused of Collecting User Data Without Consent; Government to Investigate Further

[{"selector":"#anim-7a4b3398-40a9-4310-addd-0e7dd09958d4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3708dc27-ac30-4874-874c-63505fa4d192","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Users are questioning a setting option in the Realme UI 4.0 update.

[{"selector":"#anim-b890aa0a-985e-4932-bab5-bcbfe5c81eb1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-733c1852-9197-479c-9a06-80579b3c70e6","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The Android 13-based skin has been accused of collecting user data without consent.

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[{"selector":"#anim-9eccbf23-91dc-4654-9e40-88101b9d0be1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ae079c67-d098-4b7e-8abb-468b228dd022","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Union Minister of Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has intervened following complaints of several issues. The minister assured that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) would look into the matter and test the feature.