American electronic giant Apple is currently kicking out applications that collect personal data in violation of the company's privacy policies from its online store, the tech giant has revealed.
The iPhone maker made the announcement a day after researchers discovered hundreds of apps using Chinese advertising software that extracts 'personally identifiable user information.'It is believed over 250 apps are affected.
Apple confirmed that discovery Monday saying....
'We've identified a group of apps that are using a third-party advertising SDK (software development kit), developed by Youmi, a mobile advertising provider, that... gather private information, such as user email addresses and device identifiers, and route data to its company server,' the firm said.
'This is a violation of our security and privacy guidelines.
'The apps using Youmi's SDK will be removed from the App Store and any new apps submitted to the App Store using this SDK will be rejected.
It may interest you to know that,Apple does not allow third-party applications to share data about a user without obtaining users' permission, and it rejects apps that require users to share personal information, such as email addresses or birth dates.
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