Bitdefender App Allowing Google to Collect Tracking Data?

Candlemaker
edited November 20 in Mobile Security

Why is the Bitdefender Android app allowing Google to collect information and data about us and our phones from its app?

According to the DuckDuckGo App Tracking Protection feature, the Bitdefender app has allowed Google to make 48 tracking attempts on my phone in the last hour, ranging from my device brand and GPS location, to my Android Advertising ID plus loads more…

Isn't Bitdefender meant to be the one app you trust completely to protect you from not only hackers and scammers, but your data being sold to big business for profit? Is that not why we pay big money for the services of these apps? So they don't have to scrounge around selling our data to stay afloat?? An app that doesn't charge a fee to use I understand, but not an app like Bitdefender where I'm paying a large subscription fee for.

I'd like an explanation from Bitdefender as to why their app has Google trackers in it, as I'm sure many others would also..