Apple today updated its privacy website with a new “Tags” section that brings together the privacy tags of all Apple apps in one place, providing users with information on how to manage their personal data. Apple applications.
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Apple has already provided privacy tags for its apps since the feature was launched last year, but on individual support pages, so this new “Tags” section makes it easy to view tags in a single place and in alphabetical order. Privacy tags are available for Apple apps on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, so some apps like GarageBand appear more than once. Apple has also included labels for developer tools like Xcode and even the App Store itself, which provides a very complete level of privacy information.
Apple stresses that users won’t find any data in “Data used to track you” for their apps, as Apple doesn’t track users. Apple says it stays at a higher level than other developers, who will be allowed to track users if they get their permission through the application tracking transparency framework that will be applied from of iOS 14.5.
Apple introduced privacy tags in the App Store in December, giving users an overview of the types of data an app can collect and whether the information is used to track it or is related to its identity or device. These tags appear in the App Store listings for third-party apps and downloadable Apple apps like Apple Podcasts, while built-in apps that can’t be removed like Messages have tags on Apple’s website.
Apple has forced developers to fill out privacy tags by sending new apps and app updates to the App Store since early December, but the tags work on an honor system. Apple previously said it “performs routine and constant audits of the information provided” and works with developers to correct inaccuracies, adding that non-compliant apps could be removed from the App Store.