Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Google's Down With California's OPP Act – Developers Will Need To Include Privacy Policies For Apps That Collect Data


We saw this coming and now, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM, Amazon and HP have all agreed to make developers' lives a little more difficult by including mandatory privacy policies to go along with their apps before a user can purchase or download them. This is all thanks to California's Online Privacy Protection Act which recently has been made to include mobile apps. There was no specific time table given on how long each of these big companies will have to comply with the act, but the Attorney General's office will apparently be checking up with each individual company in about 6 months.

Android Phone, Google's Down With California's OPP Act â€" Developers Will Need To Include Privacy Policies For Apps That Collect Data

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