The privacy labels will indicate the kind of data a third-party app needs to collect, whether it be financial data, your location, browsing history, and more.
(Credit: Apple)
Apple is taking a page from the nutrition labels on packaged foods, and applying the same concept to data privacy on third-party apps.
At WWDC, Apple revealed it’s going to require all developers to self-report their data collection practices in an easy-to-understand bar for consumers to read.
All iOS apps are already required to include a privacy policy. However, Apple wants to make the practice easier to understand in the same way FDA nutrition fact labels easily summarize the calories, fat, and cholesterol a food item contains.
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“So we thought it would be great to have something similar for apps,” said Erik Neuenschwander, director of user privacy at Apple, during the WWDC keynote. (Credit: Apple)
The privacy labels will indicate the kind of data an iOS app needs to collect, whether it be financial data, your location, browsing history, and more.
