Apps will have until early 2021 to implement iOS 14’s opt-in user tracking

With each major new release of iOS, Apple tightens the screws on apps and services that would violate users’ privacy without their knowledge or permission. With iOS 14, Apple’s got a lot of new privacy-minded features, and issued a notice to developers on September 3 about two of them.

When iOS 14 is released, Apple will require developers who distribute apps in the iOS or Mac App Store to submit information about all the data the app collects and how it is used in a host of common categories. This information will be presented in a special section of each app’s App Store listing, so users can see what information they’re going to give up before installing an app. Apple’s statement today informs developers that they will be able to submit this information for their apps at the end of next month (October).

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