Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success: Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.

The article analyzes the attempt of the Android and iOS mobile operating systems to format mobile app privacy notices in a simple format resembling nutrition labels, in order to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed decisions. Topics include confusing language, and the ch...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 65; no. 11; pp. 26 - 29
Autor principal: Cranor, Lorrie Faith
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Nov2022
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          Director and Bosch Distinguished Professor in Security and Privacy Technologies, CyLab Security.
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