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Apple clamps down on apps that share location data with third parties

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Apple appears to be more vigorously enforcing App Store policies relating to the sharing of location data. Over the last few days the company has been removing apps that share location details with third parties without consent. Developers of apps found to be exploiting user privacy in this way have received emails from Apple. These indicate that apps have undergone "re-evaluation" and found to be in violation of sections 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 of the App Store Review Guidelines. See also: Apple tells developers that apps must support iPhone X notch from July Apple's purchase of Shazam to be investigated by… [Continue Reading]

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