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Because all submitted apps are reviewed for user privacy compliance, Apple App Store acts as a gatekeeper for privacy standards across apps available on its platform.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim focuses on the user privacy criterion as the primary proposition for this record. The other three review criteria are present in the excerpt but are the primary subject of adjacent records and are noted in omitted_material.
Users can only access apps on the App Store that Apple App Store has determined to respect user privacy through its review process.
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"review all apps and app updates submitted to the App Store in an effort to determine whether they are reliable, perform as expected, respect user privacy, and are free of objectionable content.Excerpt from Apple App Store's Apple Developer Agreement
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Because all submitted apps are reviewed for user privacy compliance, Apple App Store acts as a gatekeeper for privacy standards across apps available on its platform.
Users can only access apps on the App Store that Apple App Store has determined to respect user privacy through its review process.
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