Category Archives: Privacy Policies

How to improve your Privacyscore

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jim Brock

This is the most common question we get from web publishers. As explained in our FAQ, here’s how you can achieve a top Privacyscore of 100: Your own published privacy policy should clearly explain how you handle personally identifiable data … Continue reading →

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The privacyscore launch: what we’ve learned so far and the road ahead

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Jim Brock

We launched privacyscore.com on Monday. The amount of positive press attention was gratifying (New York Times, Wired.com, ZDNet, Huffington Post, Time.com, The Telegraph, Daily Mail and others ), as was the number of visits and downloads. Here’s what we learned and … Continue reading →

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Developer Alert: Does your app upload contact or other personal data?

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Jim Brock

In the wake of the Path privacy issues, Apple confirmed today what was already clear based on their privacy policies: Apps that collect or transmit a user’s contact data without their prior permission are in violation of our guidelines. We’re … Continue reading →

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Making privacy measurable (and easier) with privacyscores

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jim Brock

Today we launched our most important and ambitious project: privacyscore.com. In it we are applying analytic methods to measure privacy risk across more than a thousand websites. We’re doing it to help solve a big problem for web users: how … Continue reading →

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Windows Store has strong privacy disclosure requirements for app developers

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Jim Brock

Windows Store, which is Microsoft’s upcoming app store for Windows 8 applications, contains one of the strongest app privacy policy that we have seen so far in compiling our comprehensive guide to app-store privacy requirements. Microsoft’s Developer Agreement says: If … Continue reading →

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Developer alert: Should you use MAC addresses instead of UDIDs?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Jim Brock

Sarah Perez at Techcrunch (@sarahintampa) reports today that mobile app network W3i now recommends that app developers use MAC addresses in lieu of the Unique Device Identifiers (UDID’s) that Apple no longer allows app’s to access in the latest version of iOS. … Continue reading →

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Developer alert: Flurry analytics adopts new child privacy rule

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jim Brock

Flurry, one of the most popular analytics and monetization platforms for mobile apps, updated their privacy policy today to reject apps that are focused on children or collect certain information from children. Mobile developers using Flurry need to review their … Continue reading →

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How do I include a privacy policy in my App Store and iTunes listings?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jim Brock

By creating a privacy policy for your mobile app or site, you’ve met app listing requirements and done right by your users. Now the question is how to give them easy access to this information if they want it. If … Continue reading →

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Developer alert: Looking to sell your app someday? Double check your privacy policy

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Jim Brock

As this useful article from the Proskauer law firm explains, the Federal Trade Commission recently has focused attention on a oft-neglected component of privacy policies: the merger, acquisition or sale clause. This provision tells your users that, in the event … Continue reading →

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The FTC cracks down on data collection from kids in mobile apps

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Jim Brock

Mobile app developers should be aware of two significant developments from the Federal Trade Commission about data collection from children: Parental consent may be required to collect data from children in your mobile app or site. The “COPPA” laws and … Continue reading →

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