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Title: Apple will put privacy labels on its website but it won't satiate WhatsApp Post by: HCK on December 10, 2020, 04:05:17 pm Apple will put privacy labels on its website but it won't satiate WhatsApp
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been making noise today, complaining about the privacy labels that Apple is forcing apps to display in the App Store. WhatsApp's developers have already complied with the requirement, but nobody seems happy about it. The issue? WhatsApp wants iMessage to have the same labels applied. The thing is, Apple says that it will. Sort of. Let's back up a bit. What WhatsApp is complaining about here is the new nutritional label-style privacy labels that Apple is applying to apps in the App Store. If an app is going to use your data in some way, the App Store will tell you. And in the case of WhatsApp, the company is worried that people will be put off by its labels and instead turn to something else. Like iMessage, for example. WhatsApp's view is that the terms may spook users about what data WhatsApp actually collects, giving it a competitive disadvantage to iMessage. iMessage, of course, is preinstalled on all iPhones and iPads. Apple says that it intends... Source: Apple will put privacy labels on its website but it won't satiate WhatsApp (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/SASRl76WJhY/apple-will-put-privacy-labels-its-website-it-wont-satiate-whatsapp) |