During the Worldwide Developer Conference 2020, iOS 14 was presented with a significant improvement on the App Store side:now, we can learn more at a glance about respecting theconfidentialityproposed by the publisher of each app. But for the American Congress, this does not seem to be a sufficient guarantee.
Indeed, we no longer count the multiple scandals linked to developers whichstore their users' data in countries where the management of personal data is particularly sensitive.This is for example the case of the FaceApp tool, which the FBI simply advises againstbecause of its ties to Russia.
Simple solutions
Likewhat happened in Europe this week, lawmakers in Donald Trump's country have just written an open letter to Tim Cook advising some changes for more transparency about foreign developers. Concretely, this would involve warning users via a dedicated insert in the App Store sheets of the country in which their data is stored. But also to inform us when a publisher is asubsidiary of a foreign company.
As more and more startups register abroad to pay less taxes, we may be in for some surprises. Even the biggest groups on the planet, from Google to Apple, are based inIrelandfor the old continent (with servers all around the globe).
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