A fresh report from Bloomberg today details the news that Apple will be bringing refreshed privacy controls for its devices and iCloud services. These updates are coming as Facebook is embroiled in a data privacy snafu and new European data privacy laws that will begin in May.
Apple shared with Bloomberg that the refresh of privacy settings will include a new web page for managing Apple IDs, with new features and capabilities, and more transparency.
Currently, users aren’t able to do all the aforementioned items in one place, or do some of them at all, like downloading all of their data easily. Bloomberg also notes how Apple’s release today of iOS 11.3 includes new privacy splash screens for greater transparency along with the option to turn off performance throttling.
Tim Cook gave Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg a witty burn in an interview with MSNBC/Recode yesterday.
Cook also reiterated his belief that some kind of regulation for social media is now necessary, even though legislation isn’t ideal.
Apple’s new privacy settings will first come to European users as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect on May 25. Apple said it will roll out the new features to users in other countries later on.
