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The updated guidelines state that developers must ensure kids receive age-appropriate experiences within their apps and must remove user-generated content that violates the guidelines, terms of service, or community standards. Under the revised policy, if Apple identifies policy-violating content, the developer will be asked to remove it and provide a compliance improvement plan. Based on the developer's response, the app may be removed from the App Store until compliance is demonstrated. This establishes a formal escalation pathway where developer inaction or inadequate remediation can result in app suspension or removal.
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"Apps that use a third-party or social login service...to set up or authenticate the user's primary account...must also offer as an equivalent option another login service with the following features: the login service limits data collection to the user's name and email address...Excerpt from Apple's App Store Review Guidelines
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The clause states: “Apps that use a third-party or social login service...to set up or authenticate the user's primary account...must also offer as an equivalent option another login service with the following features: the login service limits data collection to the user's name and email address...”
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