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Following the request of Israel and other countries: Google and Apple will provide information on the collection and use of personal information
Following the request of the Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority and the Privacy Protection Authority together with 26 other parallel consumer protection and fair trade authorities and privacy protection authorities around the world, Google and Apple will provide detailed information on the collection and use of consumers' personal information.
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Thursday, 10 June 2021, 11:35 Updated: 11:46
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"App providers will be required to indicate in their app stores what personal information each app stores and what personal information the company may share with others" (Photo: ShutterStock)
Google and Apple have announced that app providers will be required to indicate in their app stores what personal information each app retains and what personal information the company may share with others.
This follows a request made through consumer protection authorities from the 27 member countries of the ICPEN organization, of which the Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority in Israel is a member.
"I am pleased that the internet giants have responded to our joint demand and that of 26 other parallel authorities regarding the presentation of detailed information regarding the collection and use of consumers' personal information in their app stores. The authority also works in the international space to protect consumers, "said Adv. Michael Atlan, who is in charge of the Consumer Protection and Fair Trade Authority.
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"The organization and its member authorities have concluded that the information provided to the consumer regarding the privacy policy is not sufficient" (Photo: ShutterStock)
The organization and its member authorities have concluded that the information provided to the consumer regarding the privacy policy is not sufficient.
The Apple and Google app stores give app providers a place to provide information about privacy however, in a way that does not provide and does not allow app providers to provide consumers with the necessary information in a manner that constitutes proper disclosure.
According to the organization's findings, in order to obtain information on the subject, the consumer must scroll through more than one screen and enter a link that directs the consumer to the policy on the app developer's website.
That is why 27 consumer protection authorities have teamed up and demanded that Apple and Google adjust the structure of their app stores so that app providers can provide consumers with the necessary information about using their information clearly and comprehensively on the store's main screen.
The Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), one of dozens of privacy authorities in the world that is a member of the Global Information Enforcement Network, was one of the GPEN member organizations that supported the ICPEN initiative.
This support of the GPEN organization, of which the Privacy Protection Authority also serves as an active member of its board of directors, was expressed in an application forwarded by the ICPEN organization to Google and Apple.
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