In a time when smartphone applications enable convenience like never before, it’s critical to be mindful of the rights we provide to the applications. Smartphones and apps have significantly improved our quality of life, but we also can’t ignore the possibility of deceptive or occasionally harmful programs, especially when they fail to originate from reliable sources. The phrase App Permissions refers to the ongoing act of selecting the Allow button on the little pop-up windows that appear as soon as we install an app on our smartphone or another device and want to use it. These applications fail to show or provide a clear explanation of why they need certain permission in order to function. By disregarding the reason why this is necessary, we are, in some manner, either handing up control of our device or transferring our personal data to those app developers, oblivious of what the code, bugs, and bots are programmed for. Data Security breaches can result from this, as the data gets permanently stored in those databases. Recently, The Competition Commission of India held Google guilty of abusing its dominant position in search engines and creating appreciable adverse effects on market competition. This article will discuss the online safety and data privacy issues while giving permission to access our location, internal files, camera, GPS, gallery, and contacts, and also the threats it possess on our freedom of contract if dealt unfairly.