Apple has introduced a new feature in iOS to let users know what personal data applications collect and how they are used. Here’s how to get there.
Apple has made respecting and protecting the privacy of its users its number one commitment. So much so that, when the Cupertino company launched in iOS 14 a feature requiring developers to indicate the data they collect and explain what they do with it, some companies publishing their applications on the App Store have proceeded to a real outcry.
This is the case with Facebook, for example. Unsurprisingly, the social network which has built its entire economic model on the exploitation of the private data of its users is offended by such a practice, even going so far as to say publicly that Apple is an “anti-free Web” company. “.
This campaign of denigration of Apple, which Facebook has perfectly orchestrated to try to save its business, has also made the EFF laugh. In the meantime, this new function deployed by Apple on iOS and iPadOS allows users to see a little more clearly on the merry-go-round operated by the various third-party applications that they use on a daily basis. Here is how to use it.
1. Search for the app
Start by opening the App Store to find the application for which you want to know the list of personal data collected.
2. Access the details of the Privacy Policy
Once on the app page, scroll through the information displayed until you reach the app’s Privacy Policy, just below User Ratings and Reviews. Then tap View Details to view the full list of items collected by the app.
You will then be able to have a detailed overview of the Data used to track you and the Data establishing a link with you and the Data not establishing a link with you.
Be careful, however, in some cases, especially at Facebook, the list of data collected can be very long.
3. View the data collected by native Apple applications
Do native iPhone and iPad apps collect your personal data? Apple released on his site details regarding its privacy policy for private data: Safari, Maps, Photos, iMessage and FaceTime, Tim Cook’s company reviews the potential data collected by its applications by detailing for each of them, how they work in terms of private data management.