Despite pushback, Apple to enhance app privacy
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
The Apple logo is seen at an Apple Store, as Apple s new 5G iPhone 12 went on sale in Brooklyn, New York, US October 23, 2020. Reuters/File
An update to the software powering millions of iPhones around the world kicks off on Monday.
Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so.
The move by Apple, which has been in the works for months, has sparked a major rift with Facebook and other tech rivals.
With an enhanced privacy feature, an update to the software powering millions of iPhones around the world kicks in Monday that experts fear will roil the internet advertising world.
Apple Moving Forward On App Privacy, Despite Pushback By Glenn CHAPMAN
04/24/21 AT 11:36 PM
An update to the software powering some billion iPhones around the world kicks in Monday with an enhanced privacy feature critics fear will roil the internet advertising world.
Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so, displaying what have been referred to as privacy nutrition labels.
The move by Apple, which has been in the works for months, has sparked a major rift with Facebook and other tech rivals and could have major implications for data privacy and the mobile ecosystem.
Apple will begin requiring app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so, displaying what have been referred to as "privacy nutrition labels."
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Apple launches new iPad and colourful iMacs
published : 22 Apr 2021 at 07:00
2 Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc, stands with the all-new iMac line-up in this still image from the keynote video of a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on Tuesday. Apple Inc via REUTERS
Apple Inc announced on Tuesday a range of new computers and devices for finding lost items, signalling the continued expansion of its once-simple product line into more and more corners of customers lives.
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