Earlier today, Fast company sent an article mentioning that Google has not yet updated its iPhone and iPad apps to bring them in line with Apple Store’s new privacy tag requirements. Fast company speculated that Google might try to delay the disclosure of its privacy label data, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.
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According to a report from TechCrunch, Google does not take a stand against Apple’s privacy tags and in fact intends to add privacy data to the iOS app catalog immediately after this week or next week.
Apple has implemented application privacy information in iOS 14.3, after promising the feature when iOS 14 was first announced. Application privacy labels give customers a way to determine what data an application collects about them before choosing to install it.
Apple requires all applications to automatically report privacy information in the “App Store”, and developers must identify all cases of data collection and use. Tags are separated into categories, including data used to track you, data related to you, and data not related to you, which indicates that it is anonymized.
There has been some negativity associated with app privacy, as Facebook has been called upon to have a long tag because of the amount of data it collects, and it is very possible that Google has similar privacy tags.
As of December 8, all app updates submitted must include privacy label information, and most Google apps designed for iOS devices have not seen updates before December 7. It’s unclear why Google delayed updating its iOS apps when it updated Android apps, but it could be due to the holiday season. Google is implementing a code freeze from late December to early January, which TechCrunch suggests that this could be the reason for the lack of iOS updates.