App developers cannot bribe users into allowing tracking within an app, Apple has warned, with apps prevented from performing a number of actions to try and influence what a user selects in the App Tracking Transparency notification.
As part of the introduction of App Tracking Transparency, Apple s feature to give users the chance to prevent specific apps from tracking their online activities for advertising purposes, Apple has written guidelines for developers to follow. As part of these guidelines, Apple lists things apps cannot do to convince users into enabling tracking in the ATT notification.
Within the Human Interface Guidelines of Apple s Developer site, specifically under Accessing User Data, Apple has included a section explaining elements that developers cannot do in tandem with tracking requests. As reported by
Apple Prevents Developers from Luring Users Into Enabling App Tracking in iOS 14.5
Posted by Rajesh Pandey on Apr 27, 2021 in iOS 14, News
Following the release of iOS 14.5 and App Tracking Transparency, Apple has now issued guidelines clarifying that apps cannot offer incentives to users to enable app tracking.
Apple has updated its Human Interface Guidelines with a new section titled “Accessing User Data.” The company highlights all the design policies that apps must follow when tracking users across apps and websites. The new guidelines also bar apps from deceiving users into pressing the “Allow” button for tracking them across apps and services by using a pop-up with a UI similar to the default system pop-up.
Apple s major iOS 14.5 changes are now live.
New Apple guidance says developers must not offer incentives or withhold features in order to entice people to agree to be tracked.
Apple has told developers that they must not offer users incentives or withhold features in order to get people to agree to tracking on iOS 14 now that its App Tracking Transparency feature is live.
Apple says that it will ban and reject apps on the App Store that attempt to offer users monetary incentives to enable tracking with ATT, one of many measures the company is taking to ensure developers follow through with the new framework.
Apple to Ban Apps That Reward Users for Enabling App Tracking
Tuesday April 27, 2021 4:04 am PDT by Sami Fathi
Apple says that it will ban and reject apps on the App Store that attempt to offer users monetary incentives to enable tracking through App Tracking Transparency (ATT), one of many measures the company is taking to ensure developers follow through with the new framework.
Yesterday the Cupertino tech giant released iOS and iPadOS 14.5 with several headlining features, including ATT. ATT is a new framework on iOS and iPadOS devices that requires apps to ask for users permission before tracking them across others apps and websites.