Apple's Personalized Collections App Store Feature Raises Privacy Concerns Over User Tracking
By
Tim Hardwick
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Summary
Apple introduced a new App Store feature called Personalized Collections that recommends apps based on individual user behavior and downloads. The feature appears on the Apps, Games, and Search tabs and evolves over time. However, the feature has already faced privacy pushback, as it involves Apple recording user taps and app usage data to power the recommendations.
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· 2 pulledApple pitched the announcement as another way for developers to have their app discovered, but there has already been some pushback from a privacy perspective.
The new tailored recommendations can appear on the Apps, Games, and Search tabs, and evolve over time based on a user's app usage and downloads.
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