The concern for privacy is certainly on the mind of any user. The fear that more data is collected than we think is always there and Apple has wanted to give you a small solution. We tell you all the details of the new privacy visualization that Apple has implemented in the App Store.
iOS 14.3 strengthens privacy information
Apple in recent months has shown its commitment to privacy. There are many applications that are used on a daily basis and from which there is no information about what information they are collecting. That is why all the necessary data must be provided to users to know what they are facing when they use a specific application. This type of control began to be established at first in iOS with the reinforcement of permissions to certain areas of the operating system such as location information.
Now from Apple they have wanted to go a step further with iOS 14.3 whose final version was available to all users a few days ago. Specifically, this new information on privacy will be present in the App Store itself so that anyone before downloading an application knows clearly what information is going to be collected. This was something that was previously reported but in a much less visual way. With iOS 14.3, when accessing the download page of an app, you will find a list with all the information that is going to be collected. This is undoubtedly one of the features that we have found as a surprise of the novelties of iOS 14.
In some services you will find a wide list of permissions that you must grant, such as access to location, sensitive information, personal data, photographs and an endless number of different situations.
Facebook stands out for its data collection
It is no secret that Facebook is one of those applications that if you are obsessed with privacy you should not have it installed or even use it. Now with this new feature of the App Store, Facebook has been on everyone’s lips on different social networks. This is because when entering to consult all the information that is collected, it is surprising how long the list can be. From basic information to data that is used in order to create a user profile.
But how we say this is not any kind of secret, since for years this idea has been had in mind. Now it has been fully portrayed ‘thanks’ to this new feature that has been integrated into the App Store. Now there will be many users who can ask themselves whether they want to use this type of application or not. Obviously Facebook has not been the only one that has been portrayed for this, but many others have also shown that they can collect too much information.
What is clear is that these types of functions are totally necessary for users to be able to decide with knowledge whether to use an app or not. We hope that this will end up being transferred to all application stores in this clear way.
