A new Federal Trade Commission report offers suggestions to “the major participants in the mobile ecosystem” on providing privacy information and transparency to customers. Titled “Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency,” the report makes a number of recommendations to developers of apps and operating system providers. The suggestions for system providers, such as Apple, include “developing icons to depict the transmission of user data,” making a “Do Not Track” mechanism available that allows consumers to stop third-party tracking, and providing “just-in-time disclosures” to consumers before apps can “access sensitive contact like geolocation,” among other recommendations. App developers are urged to provide similar disclosures while making privacy policies easily accessible within app stores. The FTC recently amended its rules for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Latest News
- Outfit your iPhone with this Vintage style BookBook case, now 32% off
- Apple employees get paid time Off for COVID-19 vaccine
- Apple coincides ‘The Year Earth Changed’ Apple TV+ release with Earth Day
- Apple extends independent repair provider program to new regions
- Organize and Transfer from Digital Camera to Your iPad with the Apple Lightning to USB3 Camera Adapter, Now Only $23
- Apple highlights Amanda Gorman Episode with a YouTube video
- Apple celebrates Hindu Holi festival with ‘Shot on iPhone’ segment
- Apple’s trade-in program now accepts Samsung Note 20, Google Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a
- Take Your Gaming Experience to the Next Level with the AmazonBasics Desk
- Enjoy 24% Off on the Gunnar Vertex Gaming Glasses