{"id":687,"date":"2013-01-28T09:49:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T04:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naavi.org\/?p=687"},"modified":"2013-01-28T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T04:22:03","slug":"mobile-apps-guidelines-on-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naavi.org\/wp\/mobile-apps-guidelines-on-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Apps.. Guidelines on Privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Department of Justice has released a set of guidelines for Mobile Apps developers which act as “privacy Practice Recommendations”. The practices recommended here are expected to help in the compliance of the California Online privacy protection Act (COPPA) Being perhaps the first of such codes, this is a useful document to be adopted by all mobile apps developers as well as other stakeholders such as app platform providers, mobile networks etc.<\/p>\n

These principles include making an app’s privacy policy available to consumers on app platform, before they download the app. It is stated that major app platform providers such as Amazon, Apple, Google, HP, Microsoft, RIM< and Facebook have agreed to the principles.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the recommendations are:<\/p>\n

For App Developers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Start with a data checklist to review the personally identifiable data your app could collect and use it to make decisions on your privacy practices.
\n\u2022Avoid or limit collecting personally identifiable data not needed for your\u00a0app\u2019s basic functionality.
\n\u2022Develop a privacy policy that is clear, accurate, and conspicuously accessible to users and potential users.
\n\u2022Use enhanced measures \u2013 \u201cspecial notices\u201d or the combination of a short\u00a0privacy statement and privacy controls \u2013 to draw users\u2019 attention to data practices that may be unexpected and to enable them to make meaningful choices.<\/p>\n

For App Platform Providers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Make app privacy policies accessible from the app platform so that they may be reviewed before a user downloads an app.
\n\u2022 Use the platform to educate users on mobile privacy.<\/p>\n

For Mobile Ad Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Avoid using out-of-app ads that are delivered by modifying browser settings or placing icons on the mobile desktop.
\n\u2022Have a privacy policy and provide it to the app developers who will enable the delivery of targeted ads through your network.
\n\u2022Move away from the use of interchangeable device-specific identifiers and transition to app-speciic or temporary device identifiers.<\/p>\n

For Operating System Developers<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Develop global privacy settings that allow users to control the data and device features accessible to apps.<\/p>\n

For Mobile Carriers<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Leverage your ongoing relationship with mobile customers to educate them on mobile privacy and particularly on children\u2019s privacy<\/p>\n

This is a good starting point for a new regime on privacy protection on the mobile platform. Hopefully it would be adopted at the earliest by responsible apps developers and distributors.<\/p>\n

Naavi<\/p>\n

Copy of Guidelines<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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