DuckDuckGo Calls Out Google for Collecting Truckloads of Info on Users
In December last year, Apple rolled out a new policy that made it compulsory for developers to disclose how they collect and handle user data in their app listings. These labels were required to populate the app description on the app store to make information easy to digest for users.
However, Google stalled the updates for more than three months and only recently updated some of its iOS applications. Since the search engine giant is known for sending out a lot of updates to its Android applications, the delayed updates led to speculations that the company has something to hide.
DuckDuckGo Says Google Spying on Users After App Privacy Labels Go Live
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Apple lives by its own privacy rules
As Apple prepares to limit the way app developers track users, it also shows it lives by its own rules. Apple
One of the defensive arguments raised to protest Apple’s decision that developers place what it calls privacy labels alongside their apps has been that the company itself doesn’t apply the same rules to itself.
Apple lives by its own (privacy) rules