Apple App Tracking Transparency release date puts Facebook on notice Chris Burns - Jan 28, 2021, 3:48pm CST Starting in “early spring”, Apple will be releasing a new version of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS 14 with a requirement for App Tracking Transparency. Per Apple’s update, coming first with Apple’s next beta update, App Tracking Transparency “will require apps to get the user’s permission before tracking their data across apps or websites owned by other companies.” Users will be able to see app requests for permissions in iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV Settings, and “make changes as they see fit.” Above all other trackers of data, Facebook will be affected by this update to tracking transparency most. Apple goes so far as to use Facebook as their primary example of how an App Tracking Transparency request might look. Above you’ll see the pop-up as shared by Apple in their release today called “Data Privacy Day at Apple: Improving transparency and empowering users.”