Google has not updated its iOS apps since the day before Apple’s new privacy label requirement

Apple last month introduced a new privacy section in the App Store to educate users about some of the types of data apps can collect and whether that data is tied to them or used to track them. Developers are required to provide this information to Apple when submitting new apps and app updates to the App Store since December 8, 2020.

Interesting way, Fast company noticed that Google had not yet updated any of its iPhone and iPad apps since Apple’s requirement came into effect, with apps like Gmail, Chrome and YouTube last updated December 7, 2020 or before. Therefore, all Google apps always show “No details provided” in the new privacy section of the App Store, with a notice stating that “the developer will be required to provide privacy details when submitting their next update. application update “.

By comparison, the report notes that Google updated several of its Android apps after December 8, including Google Maps on December 14, Google Duo on December 15, Gmail on December 16, and YouTube on December 21.

Google has yet to comment on the report, so the reason for the lack of recent iOS app updates is not confirmed, but Fast company makes the reasonable assumption that Google might try to delay the release of its privacy label information, particularly after the negative attention Facebook received on its very long privacy label.

Google will surely need to update its iOS apps eventually, so it will be interesting to see what the privacy labels reveal about the company’s data collection practices.