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people-pa.googleapis.com

classified as first-party · 2

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Anthropic Claude — first-party

people-pa.googleapis.com is a Google-operated googleapis.com API endpoint (the People API surface, used for profile/contact data), so for a Google-published app like Google Authenticator this is first-party infrastructure rather than a third-party tracker or ad network. The app's label already declares collecting Contacts, Name, Email address, and User IDs, which covers the data flow this endpoint implies.

OpenAI — first-party

people-pa.googleapis.com is a Google API domain and is most likely first-party for Google Authenticator. The app's label declares multiple relevant categories of collection, so the contact alone does not imply an undisclosed data flow.

Google Gemini — first-party

people-pa.googleapis.com is a Google People API endpoint, representing first-party communication for a Google-developed application. The app's store privacy label already declares collecting account and contact details, so this communication does not appear undisclosed.

Apps measured contacting this domain

AppLabel gapDonationsContactsSeen
Google Authenticator71062026-07-28 → 2026-07-30
com.google.OnHub4312026-07-28 → 2026-07-29
Google Gemini4122026-07-28 → 2026-07-29
YouTube442026-07-28 → 2026-07-29
Gmail3332026-07-30
Google Maps362026-07-30
com.google.Chromecast332026-07-29
Google (Search)332026-07-30

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