Apple’s Updated App Store Review Policy: API Access and User Privacy Requirements

2023-07-28 14:25:35
Apple updated its App Store review policy earlier, requiring developers to specify the specific reasons for using these APIs once they use specific API resources in the App design. Apple has updated the App Store review policy to require valid reasons for using specific APIs that involve access to privacy and other content. In this update, Apple will mark some APIs that involve fingerprint verification of user identities as requiring detailed reasons before they can be used. The actual practice is obviously to prevent people with intentions from using these APIs to record users’ operating habits in the App, or to track users’ personal data. This update will officially take effect from the spring of 2024, and developers will have enough time to make adjustments or submit applications from now on. If Apple believes that the App content does not need to use a specific API during the review process, but the developer cannot explain why it needs to be used, it will refuse to allow the App to be put on the shelves. Prior to this, many malicious apps pretended to be tools or content services to attract users to download, but during the use process, users were required to allow access to resources such as cameras and contacts, obviously to steal more user privacy content, so let Apple has decided to convert certain APIs that involve access to users’ personal privacy to the requirement that there must be a reasonable reason to use them.More Mashdigi.com reports: AMD will invest 400 million US dollars in India in the next 5 years to establish the largest chip design center Can Samsung confirm that the Galaxy Watch 6 series will be launched in Taiwan on 8/18, and will open pre-orders from 8/4
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