{"id":207047,"date":"2021-03-20T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\/"},"modified":"2021-03-20T17:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T14:00:25","slug":"whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"#What\u2019s up with the Apple App Store\u2019s privacy changes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2994f5115b7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2994f5115b7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\/#What_will_change_under_Apples_new_rules\" >What will change under Apple\u2019s new rules?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\/#So_how_can_I_still_be_tracked_after_the_changes\" >So how can I still be tracked after the changes?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\/#How_will_Apple_enforce_its_policy\" >How will Apple enforce its policy?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What\u2019s up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le App Store\u2019s privacy changes?<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/03\/1-copy-40-796x417.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You may have noticed an influx of ads for furniture on your Instagram feed after looking for a new chair for your <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.2);\">work-from-home<\/span> setup, or promoted posts for a coffee shop that you\u2019ve only ever walked past. Your phone\u2019s apps collect and share a lot of information\u2014from your location, to your browsing habits, to your search history.<\/p>\n<p>But for iPhone owners, that\u2019s about to change in significant ways.<\/p>\n<p>Apple announced in June 2020 that this spring it would begin requiring iPhone, iPad, and tvOS apps to get consent to share people\u2019s data with third parties like data brokers and other apps.<\/p>\n<p>The move is a complete rethinking of privacy rights. Data collection has long operated under the premise that millions of people are fine with being tracked, their movements and behaviors shared and sold, unless they explicitly say no. Privacy settings are usually opt-out and often buried deep in an app\u2019s settings. But soon people using iPhones will be asked to explicitly <em>opt in<\/em> to having their data shared among advertisers, apps, and data brokers.<\/p>\n<p>Apple CEO Tim Cook explained the change in a Jan.\u00a028 speech at the Computers, Privacy , and Data Protection conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> does not need vast troves of personal data, stitched together across dozens of websites and apps, in order to succeed. Advertising existed and thrived for decades without it,\u201d Cook said. \u201cIf a business is built on misleading users, on data exploitation, on choices that are no choices at all, then it does not deserve our praise. It deserves reform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some tech companies\u2014namely the ones that rely on amassing personal data to sell advertisements to companies looking to reach specific demographics\u2014are less than happy.<\/p>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/investor.fb.com\/investor-news\/press-release-details\/2021\/Facebook-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2020-Results\/default.aspx\">Facebook\u2019s 2020 fourth quarter and full-year\u00a0earnings report<\/a>, the company predicted a major hit to its ad targeting capabilities because of Apple\u2019s privacy changes. And Google has warned app publishers that they \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/ads-commerce\/preparing-developers-and-advertisers-for-policy-updates\/\">may see a significant impact<\/a>\u201d to their ad revenue after the policies take effect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> declined to comment for this story. Google declined to comment on Cook\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Privacy rights advocates, meanwhile, are pretty pleased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is actually a very good thing for most people,\u201d Pete Snyder, senior privacy researcher at Brave Software and the co-chair of the W3C Privacy Interest Group, said. \u201cThe state of people\u2019s privacy on iOS devices will be dramatically better than it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the forthcoming changes are significant, they don\u2019t completely shield you from being tracked, particularly by the biggest tech firms, like Apple itself. Here\u2019s a rundown of what to expect.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_will_change_under_Apples_new_rules\"><\/span><strong>What will change under Apple\u2019s new rules?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Currently, apps gather all sorts of information about you as you use them\u2014that\u2019s not going to change. What will change is how that information is shared with third parties, like data brokers and other tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, the vast majority of apps you download, whether to an Apple or an Android device, track you in pretty much the same way, through a unique identifier.<\/p>\n<p>The Identifier for Advertisers, or IDFA, is a standard device identifier Apple created in 2012. Google has its own version for Android devices called the Google Advertising ID, or GAID.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re looking at pictures of cats on one app, and then checking basketball scores on another, both apps would get your IDFA to share with advertisers and data brokers who link your online movements to build a more complete profile of you.<\/p>\n<p>And there are other ways the data you generate by using an app gets shared. Apps can gather and share granular details of your actions through \u201cin-app events\u201d collections, like what you\u2019ve clicked on and what you\u2019ve looked at.<\/p>\n<p>Under the current opt-out model, you can clear your history by resetting your IDFA or limit tracking by setting your IDFA to all zeroes. You can do this under <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT202074\">Advertising in your privacy settings<\/a> on your iOS device. Research from AppsFlyer, a mobile advertising firm, found that only about <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.appsflyer.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115003734626-Impact-of-Apple-iOS-Limit-Ad-Tracking-on-attribution\">25 percent of people turned this setting on in 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But that will become an opt-in model when Apple\u2019s privacy change kicks in.<\/p>\n<p>Apple says its update will take effect in early spring, with iOS 14.5. Once that happens, any app that collects data about you and shares it with other companies for cross-tracking and advertising purposes will be required to get permission first.<\/p>\n<p>Without that consent, apps won\u2019t be allowed to share any data they collect about you with other companies or data brokers for advertising purposes. Companies can still share data for other purposes\u2014like preventing fraud or for analytics.<\/p>\n<p>The changes only apply to Apple devices\u2014Android\u2019s app store has announced no similar changes.<\/p>\n<p>And even for iPhone users, apps can still gather information about you under the new rules; they just can\u2019t share that information for advertising purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s new policies prohibit tricks for getting consent, too. An app won\u2019t be able to prevent access to its features because you won\u2019t let them track you or offer incentives to users who allow tracking. The prompt can only show once\u2014so you can\u2019t be spammed with requests, either.<\/p>\n<p>Apps that don\u2019t show the prompt aren\u2019t allowed to share your data with third parties and won\u2019t get your IDFA.<\/p>\n<p>The change could be huge.<\/p>\n<p>AppsFlyer found that after several developers implemented Apple\u2019s tracking request prompt early, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appsflyer.com\/blog\/zeroed-idfa-ios-14\/\">99 percent of people decided against giving them permission<\/a>. Some apps will likely decide to simply stop sharing tracking information instead of implementing the prompt.<\/p>\n<p>Serge Egelman, research director of the Usable Security &amp; Privacy Group at the International Computer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a> Institute, says most people don\u2019t want to be tracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why more people don\u2019t opt out is because it\u2019s very complicated,\u201d Egelman said. \u201cGiven that we know that most consumers don\u2019t want to be tracked and aren\u2019t making informed decisions, it makes sense that you would switch to an opt-in model.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_how_can_I_still_be_tracked_after_the_changes\"><\/span><strong>So how can I still be tracked after the changes?\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Companies can still track you through their own services, but they can\u2019t share that information with anyone else without your permission. So although Spotify, for instance, can\u2019t share data about your searches on its app to Facebook without your consent, Facebook can still use data you generate on its own services, including Instagram and Oculus, to build an image of who you are and what you like and use that profile to sell ads.<\/p>\n<p>The more powerful the innate data-tracking capabilities of the app, the better they\u2019re likely to fare under these changes, says Johnny Ryan, a senior fellow at the Open Markets Institute focused on privacy and antitrust.<\/p>\n<p>A company like \u201cGoogle can come along and say, \u2018We\u2019re going to put the entire market in ourselves. Instead of having thousands of companies who provide advertising space, everyone should come to us,\u2019 Ryan said.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Google has already said it won\u2019t bother with data-sharing on Apple devices anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will no longer use information that falls under [App Tracking Transparency] for the handful of our iOS apps that currently use them for advertising purposes,\u201d Matt Bryant, a Google Ads spokesperson, said.<\/p>\n<p>Google will have a plethora of data it collects on a first-party basis to use for advertising and will still be able to collect third-party data from apps where people have opted in, Ryan said.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_will_Apple_enforce_its_policy\"><\/span><strong>How will Apple enforce its policy?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Here\u2019s where things start to get tricky, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p>Apple controls the IDFA tool, so the company should have the means to ensure apps are not using it without consent. But experts say it will be hard for Apple to prevent apps from sharing data in other ways and worry the company is going to rely too heavily on the honor system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe app developer can say they don\u2019t do any tracking and then at the same time collect a bunch of different data points to uniquely identify that user over time,\u201d Egelman said. \u201cThere\u2019s not really any way that Apple or anyone else can automatically identify that unless they\u2019re individually analyzing this particular app and what it\u2019s sending.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Apple has capabilities to identify third-party trackers embedded in code during its app review process, following up to make sure that the first-party data isn\u2019t being shared without permission can be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we learn that a developer is tracking users who ask not to be tracked, we will require that they update their practices to respect your choice, or their app may be rejected from the App Store,\u201d Apple said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/privacy\/docs\/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_Your_Data.pdf\">white paper on privacy released in January<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Apple declined to comment on how it will enforce its new policies.<\/p>\n<p>Sean O\u2019Brien, principal researcher at ExpressVPN\u2019s Digital Security Lab, said it\u2019ll be important for Apple to establish a rigorous auditing process to enforce their new policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need a combination of both automated scans and manual review, and you have to try to have a slower review process before you accept apps into your store,\u201d O\u2019Brien said.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/themarkup.org\/ask-the-markup\/2021\/03\/16\/whats-up-with-the-apple-app-stores-privacy-changes\">originally published on The Markup<\/a> and was republished under the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives<\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> license.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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