Facebook Tweaks Ad Tools to Comply with Apple's Upcoming Privacy Changes
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Tweaks Ad Tools to Comply with Apple's Upcoming Privacy Changes

News 18  

Facebook said on Wednesday it is making changes to its advertising tools to comply with an upcoming privacy update by Apple, limiting the effectiveness of data collection features used by advertisers. The world’s biggest social media company has been at loggerheads with Apple’s ‘App Tracking Transparency’ feature, expected to kick in with the latest iPhone software update next week, which allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across different applications. Apple says it defends data privacy rights, but faces criticism from Facebook, app developers and startups whose business models rely on advertising tracking. Facebook said on Wednesday the changes on its Facebook and Apple have also tangled over commission fees the iPhone maker charges apps listed on iOS devices, with the social media giant backing small developers most affected by the policy.

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Apple charged with abuse of power over app tracking tool by German regulator
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Apple charged with abuse of power over app tracking tool by German regulator

The Hindu  

The German antitrust authority has charged Apple with abusing its market power through its app tracking tool and giving itself preferential treatment in a move that could result in daily fines for the iPhone maker if it fails to change its business practices. The move follows a three-year investigation by the Federal Cartel Office into Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, …

Would YOU pay to use Facebook and Instagram? Meta plans for 'possible paid features,' memo shows
2 years, 7 months ago

Would YOU pay to use Facebook and Instagram? Meta plans for 'possible paid features,' memo shows

Daily Mail  

Meta is setting up a product organization to identify new 'possible paid features' for its family of popular apps in the wake of seeing its advertising business severely impacted by Apple's ad tracking changes, a new internal memo reveals. Scroll down for video Meta is setting up a product organization to identify new 'possible paid features' for its family of …

Apple may start showing more ads on iPhones: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple may start showing more ads on iPhones: Report

Live Mint  

Apple is reportedly planning to bring ads to your iPhone and iPad. In the latest edition of Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that Apple VP Advertising Platforms Todd Teresi aims to increase annual revenue into the ‘double digits’, up from about $4 billion-per-year currently. According to him, the iPhone maker has already started testing search ads in the …

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta announces new privacy policy for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

The Hindu  

Meta, a California-based tech firm that owns social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it has ‘rewritten and redesigned’ its privacy policy to make it ‘easier to understand’ and also to ‘make it clearer’ to users how it used or shared their information. The updated Meta Privacy Policy that would kick in from July 26 would cover Facebook, Instagram, …

Apple's new ad highlights its app tracking transparency and mail privacy protection feature
2 years, 10 months ago

Apple's new ad highlights its app tracking transparency and mail privacy protection feature

India Today  

Apple’s latest ad depicts how the iPhone’s app tracking transparency feature and mail privacy protection save your data from getting auctioned. She then uses the app Tracking Transparency and Mail Privacy Protection, which removes the auctioneers from the scene. The ad also shows how data can be lost if users don't make use of Apple's App transparency feature and mail …

Facebook And YouTube Have Lost Billions Of Dollars Due To Apple's Privacy Features
2 years, 11 months ago

Facebook And YouTube Have Lost Billions Of Dollars Due To Apple's Privacy Features

News 18  

Apple last year launched its app tracking transparency feature that gives users the option of not letting apps track their behaviour. The App Tracking Transparency feature came with iOS 14.5 to stop developers from tracking users across websites and other apps. According to a report in Lotame, Apple?s App Tracking Transparency feature could cost big companies $16 billion. Apple?s App …

Google plans new Privacy Sandbox on Android, but it’s still a long way off
3 years, 1 month ago

Google plans new Privacy Sandbox on Android, but it’s still a long way off

Hindustan Times  

Google has outlined new tools that will limit sharing of user data with third parties on Android phones for the purpose of serving targeted advertising. Yet, Google is taking a lesser straightforward approach, unlike Apple’s aggressive clampdown on apps tracking user data without consent. The tech giant says that while they design and test new solutions that allow advertisers access …

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Banned Trump 1 Year Ago. Social Media Hasn't Gotten Much Better.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING So: Have they? Facebook “remains an extremist breeding ground,” offering militia groups unparalleled ability to spread anti-government propaganda, recruit new members and even run ads, according to a report by the Tech Transparency Project released last week. “The prevalence of these groups is startlingly similar to what we found a year ago.” In a separate study focused …

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube lost nearly $10 billion in revenue after Apple introduced privacy change
3 years, 5 months ago

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube lost nearly $10 billion in revenue after Apple introduced privacy change

India Today  

Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Policy, which requires users to give consent to apps to track their online activities, cost social media apps including Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube nearly $10 billion in revenue, according to an online report. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency gives control to users over whether an app can track their online and iPhone activities and use the …

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation
3 years, 5 months ago

Ex-Facebook employee, who accused social media giant of putting profit over public good, to push for regulation

Firstpost  

Frances Haugen is set to testify on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and The Wall Street Journal, which detailed how Facebook knew its sites were potentially harmful to young people’s mental health Washington: A Facebook whistleblower will go before US lawmakers Tuesday to urge regulation of the social media giant, after an outage impacted …

Facebook warns it is 'underreporting' iOS ad results amid Apple privacy changes
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook warns it is 'underreporting' iOS ad results amid Apple privacy changes

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is underreporting the results of its advertising business on Apple Inc iOS devices, acknowledging that recent privacy changes from the iPhone maker have made it more expensive and difficult for brands to advertise on Facebook. Facebook said in a blog post it estimates it is underreporting "conversions," an industry term that includes buying of …

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’

The Telegraph  

Facebook’s controversial encryption plans ‘won’t give users real privacy’, MPs have been told as they were warned it will ‘cripple’ child abuse blocking software. The social media giant is facing mounting criticism over encryption plans that will make it harder to detect terrorist activity and child abuse material, with the Home Secretary condemning the proposals earlier this year as ‘dangerous …

Facebook’s WhatsApp takes aim at Apple over child safety software plan
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook’s WhatsApp takes aim at Apple over child safety software plan

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging unit blasted Apple Inc.’s plan to monitor sexually exploitative images of children on iPhones as bad for privacy, opening a new front in the battle between two of the world’s biggest tech companies. Apple’s decision may set the stage for governments to push technology companies for access to more private information—something, Mr. Cathcart said in an …

Apple Scores A Massive Privacy Victory For iPhone Users
3 years, 8 months ago

Apple Scores A Massive Privacy Victory For iPhone Users

News 18  

Social media network TikTok tried to bypass Apple’s App Tracking Transparency measures, in coordination with some other Chinese tech companies, but Apple called their bluff. In the belief that Apple wouldn’t be able to block their apps, particularly in the Chinese region, apps including TikTok and QQ attempted to make the switch to Chinese Advertising ID, or CAID, to circumvent …

Apple focus on app tracking transparency drives advertisers to spend more on Android
3 years, 8 months ago

Apple focus on app tracking transparency drives advertisers to spend more on Android

India Today  

Apple started rolling out its new App Tracking Transparency rules with iOS 14.5 for enhanced user privacy. Wall Street Journal quoted figures from ad analytics firm Tenjin noting that spending on iOS ad platforms dropped by approximately one-third between June and July and the advertising Android platforms increased by approximately 10 per cent at that time. Tinuiti research director Andy …

Facebook’s new interface to reveal how much Apple, Google charge creators
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook’s new interface to reveal how much Apple, Google charge creators

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc will soon roll out a new payout interface on its platform to show creators how much other companies including Apple and Google take from their earnings in the form of fees and taxes. The California-based social network added several new features on Tuesday to help content creators monetise on the platform, including creators’ access to Facebook’s independent news …

Apple's new app privacy report feature gives more power in hands of users
3 years, 9 months ago

Apple's new app privacy report feature gives more power in hands of users

India Today  

No Apple event is ever complete without a major part dedicated towards privacy features. The Apple Worldwide Developer Conference or WWDC 2021 was no different with the Cupertino-based tech giant announcing the new app privacy report feature which puts more power in the hands of users and allows them to decide how much access third-party apps gets. The announcements come …

How Apple screwed Facebook
3 years, 10 months ago

How Apple screwed Facebook

Wired  

It is not unusual for the bosses of Apple and Facebook to be at loggerheads with each other over privacy. Back in 2018 Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg accused his Apple counterpart Tim Cook of being “extremely glib” for making scathing remarks about Facebook’s involvement in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Weeks later Apple introduced privacy controls that hampered Facebook’s ability …

Facebook Wants Your 'Help' to Keep it Free, But Can You Trust it With Your Data?
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook Wants Your 'Help' to Keep it Free, But Can You Trust it With Your Data?

News 18  

Remember the good old days, when Facebook was all about creating the fanciest virtual farmland or being the baddest e-mafia you could be? Here’s where things get even better – explaining how they use the data that is received from users, Facebook states that letting them track you would help show you personalised As Zuckerberg deflected questions and scored a …

Apple vs Facebook: 96 Percent Users Disabling App Tracking So Far, Claims Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Apple vs Facebook: 96 Percent Users Disabling App Tracking So Far, Claims Report

News 18  

When Apple first announced the App Tracking Transparency feature, the move was largely appreciated by the privacy community – and not quite so by Facebook. Now, a brief while after the release of iOS 14.5, bringing ATT to iOS devices, a report by Flurry Analytics states that up to 96 percent of all users are already disabling app tracking on …

Signal Fires Straight At Facebook: They Aren’t Building Technology For You, It’s For Your Data
3 years, 10 months ago

Signal Fires Straight At Facebook: They Aren’t Building Technology For You, It’s For Your Data

News 18  

Signal is having a brilliant 2021. Signal believes that Facebook’s own tools can often reveal the truth about the “dimly concealed within complex, opaquely-rendered systems and fine print designed to be scrolled past.” Signal says they bought some Instagram ads and created multi-variant targeted ad designed to show users the personal data that Facebook collects about and sells access to. …

Signal Ads Seemingly Banned by Facebook for Showing How it Exploits User Data
3 years, 10 months ago

Signal Ads Seemingly Banned by Facebook for Showing How it Exploits User Data

News 18  

That Facebook uses, and to a large extent exploits user data openly and widely to serve its commercial purposes is really to nobody’s surprise any longer. Facebook was not into that idea.” Facebook’s collected data includes details such as occupation, most streamed or read content, live GPS coordinates, sexual preference, religious beliefs, food allergies, shopping history and more. The series …

Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
55 years, 3 months ago

Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5

Wired  

Last week, Apple released iOS 14.5, and with it a new feature that sent online advertisers scrambling: For the first time, users can tell apps not to track their activity across different sites and services. But the iOS 14.5 notice also frames the issue in a way that implies Facebook can't make money if it foregoes this kind of tracking, …

Facebook shows notices in iOS apps to sell you on app tracking as it helps keep it free of charge
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook shows notices in iOS apps to sell you on app tracking as it helps keep it free of charge

India Today  

Apple’s controversial App Tracking Transparency has finally rolled out to several iPhone users with the iOS 14.5 update. Facebook is adding a popup within its iOS app to urge users to allow tracking because that “helps keep Facebook free of charge.” The new popup windows emerge randomly inside the Facebook and Instagram apps on the iPhone. “We use information about …

Why Facebook pop-up notification asking iOS 14.5 users to allow tracking to keep it free of charge is scary
3 years, 10 months ago

Why Facebook pop-up notification asking iOS 14.5 users to allow tracking to keep it free of charge is scary

India Today  

Apple introduced its newest privacy feature called App Tracking Transparency to iPhones and iPads with the iOS 14.5 update late last week. Facebook and Instagram have started showing prompts to iOS users who recently updated to iOS 14.5 with a notice on screen with a plea highlighting that surveilling users helps keep these services free. In a similar worded prompt, …

Apple’s app tracking transparency is now live with iOS 14.5: How does it work, and should you use it?
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple’s app tracking transparency is now live with iOS 14.5: How does it work, and should you use it?

Firstpost  

The new feature allows apps to display a pop-up notification that explains what data the app wants to collect, and what it proposes to do with it. But there’s another change that’s arguably less fun but much more significant for many users: the introduction of “app tracking transparency”. As Apple has explained, the app tracking transparency feature is a new …

Apple Will Ban All Apps That Offer Rewards to Users for Enabling App Tracking
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple Will Ban All Apps That Offer Rewards to Users for Enabling App Tracking

News 18  

Apple yesterday rolled out the much-awaited iOS 14.5 update for iPhone and iPad users. The iOS 14.5 update brought a much-awaited App Tracking Transparency feature that will give users the option of opting out of third-party apps tracking them online. Now, the Cupertino-based giant has said that it will ban and reject apps on the App Store that attempt to …

Apple’s privacy changes are poised to boost its ad products
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple’s privacy changes are poised to boost its ad products

Live Mint  

The difference could eventually give Apple’s small but growing ad business an edge over rivals, ad executives and app makers say. Apple’s latest operating system for iPhones has set off a firestorm in the ad industry and beyond by letting users decide whether to let apps track them for advertising purposes—changes that mean companies may soon have less data about …

Apple's Craig Federighi Explains The Need For iOS 14.5 App Tracking Transparency Feature, And More
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple's Craig Federighi Explains The Need For iOS 14.5 App Tracking Transparency Feature, And More

News 18  

Apple today released the latest version of its operation system – iOS 14.5. With iOS 14.5, Apple has brought a much-talked upon feature called App Tracking Transparency, a feature that gives iPhone and iPad users the choice to now allow third-party apps and websites to track them for advertising purposes. In his interview, Federighi explains the new feature as something …

What do Apple's new iPhone privacy changes mean for consumers and businesses?
3 years, 11 months ago

What do Apple's new iPhone privacy changes mean for consumers and businesses?

The Hindu  

Apple Inc on Monday will begin rolling out an update of its iOS operating system with new privacy controls designed to limit digital advertisers from tracking iPhone users. For Apple's more than 1 billion iPhone users, the change will mean a new pop-up notification in some apps seeking their permission to collect data that Apple believes could be used to …

iOS 14.5 Is Here For Your Apple iPhone, The Update That Facebook Was Very Worried About
3 years, 11 months ago

iOS 14.5 Is Here For Your Apple iPhone, The Update That Facebook Was Very Worried About

News 18  

The Apple iOS 14.5 update is now rolling out for the Apple iPhone and the iPadOS 14.5 is also now available for the Apple iPad. More than any new features available for your Apple iPhone, including allowing unlocking your iPhone with the Apple Watch when wearing a mask, it is the new privacy feature called the App Tracking Transparency feature …

Apple's top executive Craig Federighi explains iOS 14.5 new privacy feature that is a headache for Facebook
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple's top executive Craig Federighi explains iOS 14.5 new privacy feature that is a headache for Facebook

India Today  

With iOS 14.5 now out, Apple has brought back the talks about user privacy right to the centre. Apple has introduced App Tracking Transparency with the new iPhone update and it targets not just your privacy but also the ad revenue of some of the biggest companies. Joanna Stern of The Wall Street Journal sat down with Federighi, who sits …

Apple’s iPhone privacy clampdown arrives after 7-month delay
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple’s iPhone privacy clampdown arrives after 7-month delay

Associated Press  

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users. “What are the consequences of seeing thousands of users join extremist groups and then perpetuating an algorithm that recommends more?” It’s part of Apple’s attempt …

iOS 14.5: Why Apple’s new iPhone update is proving so controversial and has put it in a fight with Facebook
3 years, 11 months ago

iOS 14.5: Why Apple’s new iPhone update is proving so controversial and has put it in a fight with Facebook

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Apple might be about to launch one of the most controversial features ever …

Apple and Facebook face off over iPhone privacy update
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple and Facebook face off over iPhone privacy update

LA Times  

A new privacy feature, dubbed “App Tracking Transparency,” will allow iPhone users to decide if they want apps such as Facebook to be able to track their usage in other apps. “What are the consequences of seeing thousands of users join extremist groups and then perpetuating an algorithm that recommends more?” It’s part of Apple’s attempt to use the privacy …

What do Apple’s new privacy settings mean for you?
3 years, 11 months ago

What do Apple’s new privacy settings mean for you?

Al Jazeera  

The change will mean a new pop-up notification in some apps seeking permission to collect data that Apple believes could be used to track people’s browsing habits across third-party apps. For Apple’s more than one billion iPhone users, the change will mean a new pop-up notification in some apps seeking their permission to collect data that Apple believes could be …

Apple Rolls Out Major New Privacy Protections For iPhones And iPads
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple Rolls Out Major New Privacy Protections For iPhones And iPads

NPR  

Apple Rolls Out Major New Privacy Protections For iPhones And iPads Enlarge this image toggle caption Apple Apple Editor's note: Apple and Facebook are among NPR's financial supporters. He and economist Julian Runge say Apple's new framework, called AppTrackingTransparency, "may be the most economically impactful and brazen change to privacy policy in years." "It's possible that we may even be …

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes
3 years, 11 months ago

Facebook tweaks ad tools ahead of Apple's privacy changes

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it has made changes to its advertising tools, a week ahead of Apple’s iOS 14.5 software update. The world’s largest social network and the second-largest seller of online ads is feuding with Apple over the iPhone maker's App-Tracking Transparency feature, which will prohibit collection of certain data from apps unless users opt in. Apple says …

Apple is quietly updating its iPhone software next week. iOS 14.5 is tipped to cost Facebook big bucks
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple is quietly updating its iPhone software next week. iOS 14.5 is tipped to cost Facebook big bucks

ABC  

Apple held a virtual event overnight to spruik the company's new products, quietly slipping in a notice about a software update due to roll out next week. The iOS 14.5 update includes a range of software tweaks, but the biggest change is a new privacy feature that could cost companies like Facebook. Apps forced to ask for data The App …

Apple Says What Facebook Needed To Hear Again: “We Are Not Against Digital Advertising”
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple Says What Facebook Needed To Hear Again: “We Are Not Against Digital Advertising”

News 18  

The Apple iOS 14.5 update for your iPhone is expected to roll out anytime now, and the one standout feature among all that is new would be the much-awaited App Tracking Transparency feature. Your bank records, your health records, your conversations with friends and family, business colleagues — all of this information is on your phone,” before adding, “And so …

Apple iOS 14.5 Lands On Your iPhone Soon And You Can Choose To End A Free Run Of Apps Tracking You
3 years, 11 months ago

Apple iOS 14.5 Lands On Your iPhone Soon And You Can Choose To End A Free Run Of Apps Tracking You

News 18  

Apple iOS 14.5 could be landing anytime now. More than any new goodies that the latest iOS update may bring to your Apple iPhone, it is the new privacy feature called the App Tracking Transparency feature which you should be looking out for. This is designed to put an end to apps on your iPhone tracking your data and usage …

Instagram is ‘most invasive app’, new study shows
4 years ago

Instagram is ‘most invasive app’, new study shows

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Instagram has topped a list of “invasive” apps that collect and share users’ …

Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data
4 years ago

Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data

Associated Press  

LONDON — Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from its Chrome browser, a change that could shake up the online advertising industry. “There’s a growing idea that if you can’t persuade consumers to part with their data willingly, you probably don’t deserve it,” said Brian …

Apple Vs Facebook: A Losing Battle For Facebook Because Privacy Always Wins With Users
4 years, 1 month ago

Apple Vs Facebook: A Losing Battle For Facebook Because Privacy Always Wins With Users

News 18  

It is nothing new. First, Apple is not ending data tracking and secondly, Apple is not putting an end to personalized In a blog post, Facebook says, “Everyone’s News Feed is unique, which means you’re more likely to see content you want to watch, groups you want to join, creators you want to follow, and products and services you want …

Facebook is on the offensive against Apple's upcoming data privacy update
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook is on the offensive against Apple's upcoming data privacy update

India Today  

Two of Silicon Valley’s largest tech giants, Apple and Facebook, are in a bitter fight that revolves around the iPhone data of millions of people and whether tech companies should be able to track that data as easily as they do now without people’s consent. Various types of data collected from users are used by companies like Facebook to personalise …

EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute
4 years, 1 month ago

EU’s Vestager warns Apple to treat all apps equally amid privacy dispute

The Hindu  

Europe's antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker's privacy changes that have drawn charges of anti-competitive practices from rival Facebook Inc. Apple will in the spring ask iPhone users for consent to track their data for personalised ads in what it says is a move …

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Says Apple's New Privacy Measures Are Good for End Consumers
4 years, 1 month ago

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel Says Apple's New Privacy Measures Are Good for End Consumers

News 18  

With Facebook launching criticism of Apple’s upcoming privacy changes, CEO of Snap Inc, Evan Spiegel has said that while it will be disruptive for advertising, it is ultimately the right choice for consumers. In an interview with CNBC, Spiegel said that the new changes announced by Apple are in line with his company’s privacy philosophy as it has never allowed …

Facebook Wants Users To Love Personalized Adverts As The Privacy Battle Against Apple Rages On
4 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Wants Users To Love Personalized Adverts As The Privacy Battle Against Apple Rages On

News 18  

Facebook has made its reservations about the new incoming data privacy measures for Apple iPhones, known quite vocally. With iOS 14.5 for the iPhones, Apple will be implementing a new privacy tool that will generate a pop-up which will ask users whether they want the Facebook app on their iPhones to track their usage activities across other apps and websites. …

Google May Be Working on Its Own, Less Stringent Version of Apple's Anti-Tracking Feature for Android
4 years, 1 month ago

Google May Be Working on Its Own, Less Stringent Version of Apple's Anti-Tracking Feature for Android

News 18  

Apple recently introduced its App Tracking Transparency feature which is set to release with iOS 14.5. A recent Bloomberg report has said that Google is exploring an alternative to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature in an effort to limit data collection and cross-app tracking on Android. The Bloomberg report says that Google’s version would be “less stringent” than that of …

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