Security News > 2020 > December > Apple’s App Stores Open New Privacy Window for Customers
Apple has begun spelling out what kinds of personal information is being collected by the digital services displayed in its app stores for iPhones and other products made by the trendsetting company.
Apple announced the changes were coming six months ago as part of an effort to help its customers gain a better understanding of how apps monitor their habits, tastes and whereabouts.
Apple also has plans to impose a new mandate that will require all iPhone apps to obtain permission before tracking a person's activities on the device.
The anti-tracking feature was supposed to be released in September, but Apple delayed after Facebook and many other app makers protested.
Apple is vowing to oust apps from its stores if they try to bypass the new anti-tracking rule when it becomes effective next year.