In a statement, NPC said the apps JuanHand, Pesopop, CashJeep, and Lemon Loan were removed from Google Play Store due to various data privacy breaches.

Privacy Commissioner Raymund Enriquez Liboro earlier exposed these apps for using inappropriate methods for loan collection. The agency has previously ruled that using text, call, and email blasts to shame delinquent borrowers into paying their dues is illegal.

“JuanHand, Lemon Loan, CashJeep, and Pesopop’s processing of their borrowers’ information such as contacts, location, photos, media files, email, and social media data, pose serious privacy concerns that expose borrowers to privacy risks and harms,” the NPC statement read.

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