Apple PRESS RELEASE January 27, 2021 Data Privacy Day at Apple: Improving transparency and empowering users Data tracking is more widespread than ever. Learn how Apple’s privacy features help users take control over their data To commemorate Data Privacy Day, Apple is sharing “A Day in the Life of Your Data,” a report that illustrates how companies track user data.
Cupertino, California January 28 is Data Privacy Day, a time to raise awareness about the importance of protecting people’s personal information online. Apple is commemorating Data Privacy Day by sharing “A Day in the Life of Your Data,” an easy-to-understand report illustrating how companies track user data across websites and apps. The report also shares how privacy features across Apple’s products give users more transparency and control, empowering people with the tools and knowledge to protect thei
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Data Privacy Day at Apple: Improving transparency and empowering users
PRESS RELEASEJanuary 27, 2021
Data Privacy Day at Apple: Improving transparency and empowering users
Data tracking is more widespread than ever. Learn how Apple s privacy features help users take control over their data
To commemorate Data Privacy Day, Apple is sharing A Day in the Life of Your Data, a report that illustrates how companies track user data.
Cupertino, California - January 28 is Data Privacy Day, a time to raise awareness about the importance of protecting people s personal information online. Apple is commemorating Data Privacy Day by sharing A Day in the Life of Your Data, an easy-to-understand report illustrating how companies track user data across websites and apps. The report also shares how privacy features across Apple s products give users more transparency and control, empowering people with the tools and know
As Facebook s CEO Gnashes his teeth, Apple commemorates Data Privacy Day by sharing a report titled A Day in the Life of Your Data
During yesterday s Financial Conference Call, Apple s CEO Tim Cook stated that Tomorrow is International Privacy Day, and we continue to set new standards to protect users right to privacy, not just for our own products,
but to be the ripple in the pond that moves the whole industry forward.
Yesterday Facebook s CEO lashed out at Apple during their Quarterly Earnings call by accusing Apple of squashing competition under the guise of privacy protection.
Zuckerberg ranted on about Apple becoming one of Facebook s biggest competitors and more. Back in October 2020 Patently Apple posted a report titled A Coalition of Trade Groups in online Advertising including Le Monde, Google & Facebook have filed an Antitrust Complaint against Apple.
Apple commemorated Data Privacy Day with a new report about data tracking practices and by highlighting its efforts to stop them, including a new anti-tracking feature coming in the next iOS beta cycle ahead of a launch this spring.
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Those efforts include the new App Store privacy nutrition labels, which debuted in December 2020, and the upcoming App Tracking Transparency feature that has been widely criticized by Facebook.
In its announcement ahead of Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28, Apple said that ATT will debut with Apple s next beta update. The feature itself is a significant change to the Identifier for Advertiser (IDFA) tag that requires apps to explicitly ask permission before tracking users.