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| WhatsApp slams Apple's new data protection sticker |
A report from Axios stated that the instant messaging service WhatsApp has answered Apple's questions about the new privacy sticker for the App Store apps.
WhatsApp criticized the move, saying: It is unfair because it does not cover Apple's iMessage service, which is pre-installed on the company's device and cannot be found in the App Store.
According to the Axios report, Facebook's messaging service Apple made the information on its privacy label available to Apple on Monday, then posted questions and answers to determine what each sticker meant to collect service data and why this information. And there is a need.
"We believe that stickers on proprietary and third-party applications should be distinguished and reflect the robust steps that applications can take to protect people's private information," WhatsApp told Axios in a statement.
Although WhatsApp said providing private, easy-to-read information to users is a "good start," it added, "For users, the privacy tags of the apps they download are shared with the pre-installed apps (for example: iMessage) the comparison is very important."
Apple first introduced a number of privacy features when it announced iOS 14. However, the concept of “food labeling” was not introduced to increase user privacy when the new OS was launched last September.
In November last year, the US tech giant announced that developers will have to provide information about these "stickers" by December 8th.
Similar to regular nutrition labels on foods that list ingredients and calorie content, these privacy stickers help users better understand what is going on in the app and then download it from the iOS App Store. Or in the app store on your computer. The application. (Apple Computer).
The label lists the information the app has collected and visually displays it on the app's page, just like the back of a label at a grocery store.
The Apple Developer website warns that developers must disclose all information that they and their third-party partners collect and that their "stickers" must also be updated. For example, if an app needs to know the exact location of the user in order to operate, it knows the location before downloading the app.
If the location tracking is removed, the new label should reflect the change. If the provision of these marks is optional, Apple makes some exceptions. However, it is important to know that the app is known to track users before downloading it.