Apple, in centralizing control over data collected on iOS, is rejecting apps from the App Store, essentially 50,000 apps at a time. For example, the App Store recently rejected updates to an app that used a third party software development kit (“SDK”) from Adjust. As a result of the SDK and according to Apple (as reported by Forbes): “[Your app]…collects…
Virginia recently enacted its own data protection/privacy law and like its European and Californian predecessors, the technical piece is key. Requirements Like the GDPR and CCPA, the Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”), which goes into effect on January 1, 2023, broadly defines “personal data” as “any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person.”…
Starting December 8, 2020, Apple will require developers to provide extensive, granular information about their app’s privacy practices, such as the type of data collected from users, third party data usage, and specific purpose of collection. Presumably, the failure to disclose this detailed information to Apple will get new apps and updates to existing apps blocked from the app store….
Eureka! After burning the midnight oil, we’ve built an automated scanner to identify and sort the Schrems II risk of data flows for further legal handling. The scanner uses more than 20 different data points derived from network metadata to scan and classify data flows based on mass surveillance risk under the NSA’s so-called “Upstream” and “Downstream” data collection programs….
The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) recently issued an opinion (Schrems II) that invalidated the US-EU Privacy Shield. This presents the obvious technical question, “which of my data transfers are to the US?” For global companies operating in Europe and for EU-based companies, the answer is probably surprising. It is almost impossible to operate a global business…
Big news recently surfaced in the data privacy world regarding the upcoming new iOS version, iOS 14, relating to the IDFA (“Identifier for Advertisers”). Users will soon need to grant an app permission in order for it to transmit the IDFA for their devices, meaning the IDFA will no longer be shared with third parties and advertisers without user opt-in….