App analysis · 13.10.2026
Bank of Valletta BOV
bov.bankingapp.android · version 4.14.0
In short
SDKs found: 2. Companies: 1, of which outside the EEA — 1. Sensitive permissions: 9 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.
What is inside — embedded SDKs
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications
- Google Firebase Analytics — Google LLC, United States outside EEA analytics
Sensitive permissions (9)
- contacts —
android.permission.READ_CONTACTS - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - biometrics (fingerprint, face) —
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC - fingerprint —
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT - advertising ID (Privacy Sandbox) —
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID - ad attribution (Privacy Sandbox) —
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION - advertising ID —
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
All manifest permissions (20)
android.Manifest.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_IDandroid.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.READ_CONTACTSandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKbov.bankingapp.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSIONcom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICEcom.google.android.gms.permission.AD_IDcom.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY
Limits of the analysis
The analysis shows code inside the app file, not data transfers: an SDK being present means a transfer is possible, not that it happens. The country is where the company owning the SDK is registered, not where its servers are. Some code may have been renamed at build time, so the SDK list is a lower bound.
The legal assessment is made by the competent supervisory authority.
Evidence
bov.bankingapp.android · version 4.14.0 (code 260901)993a02d4b0f1075bc05bc9d62bf555767f3582947855cfff19d484da299b1f51b436baf16e7e54a210f5582e07fae4239fa0a93b9d05e26e70c0beda130b31fd13c27d15ac2eThe same file (same SHA-256) with the same library version gives the same result — check it on the APK check page. Licence CC BY 4.0, source — gdpru.eu; report errors to contact@gdpru.eu.