Apple’s iOS 14 launched in September with a bunch of important features to help improve your privacy and security. Some of these, such as an indicator light to show you when your mic or camera are active, launched when iOS 14 first dropped.
But now another iPhone privacy requirement is arriving in the form of a privacy “nutrition label” on apps. From December 8, all app developers on Apple’s App Store will need to detail the privacy information of their apps, Engadget reports. This date is also the time iPhone and iPad users are likely to see the nutrition label-style information when they visit an application’s store page.
Apple will add a vital new privacy feature to iOS 14 next month.
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesInformation included on the label is the data the app collects, and whether this can be used to track you, as well as whether the data is linked to you.
It’s a great feature that should be well-received by privacy-conscious iPhone users. Jake Moore, cybersecurity specialist at ESET says it’s “vitally important” that people are told what data is collected on them, so they can “control or even limit the amount of information on offer.”
He thinks Apple’s privacy label will also highlight the importance of limiting the amount of personal information and tracking data being absorbed by apps. “There are many people who are still unaware of how our data is regularly analysed, processed and profited from in the background,” Moore says.
Apple just released iOS 14.2, with cool updates and important security fixes for iPhone users. Other previously released iOS 14 features include the Security Recommendations Menu, which helps detect weak or compromised passwords as part of the iCloud Keychain.
For further reading on iOS 14’s privacy features, I have written a guide detailing the key changes and how to use them. This latest iPhone and iPad privacy feature is pretty cool, and I’m looking forward to trying it out.
The Link LonkNovember 07, 2020 at 10:02PM
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