“All apps must include a link to their privacy policy in the App Store Connect metadata field and within the app in an easily accessible manner.”
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This requirement ensures that users can locate an app's privacy policy at two distinct points—before downloading and while using the app—making privacy disclosures universally available.
Users are entitled to find a privacy policy link both on an app's App Store listing and within the app itself, in a location that is easily accessible.
How other platforms handle this
You must publish a privacy policy, where required by law.
Our California Notice at Collection as required by the California Consumer Privacy Act applies to residents of California. If you are a resident of California, you should read this notice together with this Policy.
Before authorizing an account connection, you should review the privacy notice of any third-party that will gain access to your personal information as part of the account connection.
"All apps must include a link to their privacy policy in the App Store Connect metadata field and within the app in an easily accessible manner.Excerpt from Apple's App Store Review Guidelines
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This requirement ensures that users can locate an app's privacy policy at two distinct points—before downloading and while using the app—making privacy disclosures universally available.
Users are entitled to find a privacy policy link both on an app's App Store listing and within the app itself, in a location that is easily accessible.
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