Security News > 2021 > January > Apple to Crack Down on Tracking iPhone Users in Early Spring
Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people.
Although Apple didn't provide a specific date, the general timetable disclosed Thursday means a long-awaited feature known as App Tracking Transparency will be part of an iPhone software update likely to arrive in late March or some point in April.
After delaying the planned September introduction of the safeguard amid a Facebook-led outcry, Apple had previously said it would come out early this year.
Apple has been holding off to give Facebook and other app makers more time to adjust to a feature that will require iPhone users to give their explicit consent to being tracked.
Currently, iPhone users are frequently tracked by apps they install unless they take the extra step of going into iPhone settings to prevent it.
Apple also released an 11-page report to illustrate how much apps can learn about their users in daily life.