FTC Chairman: Apps Need Privacy Disclosure Like Cereal Box Nutrition Guides

Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Chairman, said that app privacy needs to be a lot more transparent, speaking at the D10 conference the week. According to CNET, He encouraged app makers to implement simpler policies. “They have to be like a nutrition guide on the side of a cereal box,” he said.

In a February report called Mobile Apps for Kids: Current Privacy Disclosures are Disappointing, the FTC  said that privacy disclosures are not keeping pace with the growth of apps and app adoption among kids.

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