Lucy Purdon is Policy Director at Privacy International, a UK registered charity that challenges overreaching government and corporate surveillance. She has worked in the field of human rights and technology for more than 10 years.
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Apple s new privacy push angers Facebook - but called a defining moment by NZ Privacy Commissioner
29 Jan, 2021 04:27 AM
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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaking at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference. Video / Supplied
OPINION:
Apple marked International Data Privacy Day by announcing a new privacy push. A pending update to iOS (the software that runs iPhones and iPads), due next spring, will require apps to get a user s permission before tracking their data across apps or websites owned by other companies.
It follows another recent Apple initiative: requiring app makers to display nutrition -style labels on apps in its App Store - designed to reveal at a glance what personal data is collected by any piece of software, and what it does with it.
News Highlights: Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the EU Data Protection Conference next Thursday Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak in the EU Computers, Privacy