iOS 14.3 Introduces App Privacy Labels in App Store

[kennyt72]

If I am not mistaken, they have already done so.

Sadly you are mistaken at the moment, good to see Apple leading by example 😂😂

 

[Apple_Robert]

now we’ll need a filter feature on appstore. don’t show apps that collect xxx informations, etc etc

That is an excellent idea.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Sadly you are mistaken at the moment, good to see Apple leading by example 😂😂

I saw the label with my watch update.

 

[kennyt72]

I saw the label with my watch update.

Nothing on iOS

 

[Saturn007]

Hope Apple takes the next logical, ethical step and bans any app that tracks users!

 

[redcaptrickster]

Nothing on iOS

I know this might be a radical concept, but try looking for the blue letters that say Privacy Policy. I haven't even upgraded to 14.3 and I can see them in the store app on my iPad and iPhone, and that includes Apple's apps.

 

[oWoMo]

I know this might be a radical concept, but try looking for the blue letters that say Privacy Policy. I haven't even upgraded to 14.3 and I can see them in the store app on my iPad and iPhone, and that includes Apple's apps.

For me that just goes to a webpage listing the privacy policy (in some cases this is a huge document) not to the “privacy labels” seen in the picture for this article

 

[JosephAW]

I use some apps for business that require location services to be always on. I’m hoping Apple someday makes that optional and cannot be forced on by any app developer.

 

[zz_nosa_r]

I cant see that App Privacy section yet in iOS 14.3 which is weird, but I can see it in macOS Big Surr 11.1

 

[Apple_Robert]

I can‘t believe so many people use TikTok and WhatsApp. If you look at the label for these apps, they scrape for every piece of data they can get from the device.

 

[zz_nosa_r]

I can‘t believe so many people use TikTok and WhatsApp. If you look at the label for these apps, they scrape for every piece of data they can get from the device.

Do you have any settings enabled to make it available in iOS 14.3?

 

[Apple_Robert]

Do you have any settings enabled to make it available in iOS 14.3?

I haven’t turned on any settings that weren’t already on. If you search the App Store for an app, it should show as pictured in the article. At least it does for me.

 

[zz_nosa_r]

I haven’t turned on any settings that weren’t already on. If you search the App Store for an app, it should show as pictured in the article. At least it does for me.

I tried the Facebook App, shows nothing for me. Its probably a regional thing. I'm in AUS.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I tried the Facebook App, shows nothing for me. Its probably a regional thing. I'm in AUS.

Could be. Here is the TikTok example

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

I wonder how much the App Store is safe.

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

I tried the Facebook App, shows nothing for me. Its probably a regional thing. I'm in AUS.

I'm pretty sure it's available in AUS. I'm not really sure.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I tried the Facebook App, shows nothing for me. Its probably a regional thing. I'm in AUS.

Here is Facebook, which I also refuse to use. Anyone who installs Facebook, WhatsApp or TikTok is asking for trouble in many ways.

 

[zz_nosa_r]

Could be. Here is the TikTok example

Thanks. I tried and it's really not there. I'll just wait for some days.

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

We have to wait months for all of the apps to have app privacy, because some apps don't get updated forever. RIP Messenger users.

 

[macsareveryinteresting]

What if the developers lie?

 

[redcaptrickster]

For me that just goes to a webpage listing the privacy policy (in some cases this is a huge document) not to the “privacy labels” seen in the picture for this article

Did you look above it, where there are two sections, ‘Data Linked to You’ and ‘Data Not Liked to You’? It’s literally on every Apple app.

 

[redcaptrickster]

I can‘t believe so many people use TikTok and WhatsApp. If you look at the label for these apps, they scrape for every piece of data they can get from the device.

I think a lot of people simply don’t care.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I think a lot of people simply don’t care.

That is very true. And for others, it is blissful ignorance.

 

[cliffordyen]

Exactly! This is why I picked an iPhone over Android.

Well, this might be an unwelcome opinion here, but Android has been showing App Permissions for years, including all the information Apple trying to show on this App Privacy page. These permissions will be listed once the developers request, and the apps won't work if they need but do not ask for it. So there is no room for cheating.

The problem is most of the users might just ignore it because of how detailed it is (or how lazy the users are). And I see the same problem here in iOS now.

 

[kiensoy]

A long time ago when I used to have an Android phone it would display a similar screen with everything the app had access to even before you installed it. It was when the Google Play Store was called Android Market. I’m glad Apple is finally doing it, but what I would really want is not only to display what the app has access to but to block whatever we don’t want it to access.