Investing in mobile app developer education is one of the most important steps the privacy community can take to better proactively protect and secure user data. That is why we…
Last month, IDAC launched an investigation into Vaccine Passport apps, examining individual apps as they reach the market. Our intention is to increase transparency about privacy practices, identify harms and…
By Leslie Harris Last week, the Biden Administration repealed the ill-considered Trump-era Executive Orders against Tik Tok and WeChat, and replaced it with a new Executive Order on Protecting Americans’…
By Leslie Harris Last month, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) launched its investigation into Vaccine Passports to increase transparency about privacy practices, identify harms and practices that don’t align with app…
Read the original article here. Some apps used by children are collecting more data than even app developers know, posing problems for compliance with U.S. privacy law. Under federal children’s…
As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continues its efforts to address pervasive dark patterns on the web and in mobile apps, the International Digital Accountability Council (IDAC) submitted public comments…
In the coming months, IDAC will investigate these Vaccine Passport apps as they reach the market to increase transparency about privacy practices, identify harms and practices that don’t align with…
By: Ginny Kozemcak, Will Monge, Nathan Good, Gauri Gupta, Joel Reardon, Dan Kinney and William Boag Executive Summary A majority of Americans feel they have little control over how their…
Digital privacy took another step forward this week as Google followed Apple and announced it will begin requiring app developers to provide far more information to users about the personal…
By Ginny Kozemczak Last year, Google took impressive steps to better protect users and guard against inappropriate and malicious behavior in its mobile app ecosystem. These are important steps to…