Last month, Apple introduced a new privacy section in the App Store to inform users about some of the types of data that apps can collect and whether that data is related to or used to track it. . Developers must provide this information to Apple when they submit new apps and app updates to the App Store as of December 8, 2020.
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Interestingly, Fast company noticed that Google has not yet updated any of its iPhone and iPad apps since Apple’s requirement went into effect, as apps like Gmail, Chrome, and YouTube have been last updated on 7 December 2020 or earlier. As a result, all Google apps still say “No details are provided” in the new privacy section of the App Store, with a warning that “the developer must provide privacy details when submitting the next update to the App Store. application “.
In comparison, the report notes that Google has updated several of its Android apps since December 8, including Google Maps on December 14, Google Duo on December 15, Gmail on December 16, and YouTube on December 21. December.
Google has not yet commented on the report, so the reason for the lack of recent updates to the iOS app is not confirmed. Fast company makes the reasonable assumption that Google could attempt to delay the disclosure of its privacy tag information, especially after the negative attention Facebook received about its long privacy tag.
Google will likely need to update its iOS apps over time, so it will be interesting to see what the privacy tags reveal about the company’s data collection practices.