Washington Post: ACT Introduces app privacy icons
Hayley Tsukuyama
October 5, 2012
The Association for Competitive Technology introduced new icons Thursday that are intended to provide more transparency when it comes to app privacy.
The icons are meant to tell users when an app has ads, social integration, collects location information, connects to the Web or allows in-app purchases.
The group worked with children’s app makers to develop the icons. Moving forward, ACT hopes to work with platform providers to help developers use the icons and conduct outreach to encourage app makers to use the icons.