Apple Blocks Developers From Selling User Health Data to Marketers

Tweaks privacy rules ahead of gadget launches

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Apple updated its privacy policy to prohibit the sale of user health data to advertisers, according to The Financial Times. The policy update comes just ahead of an anticipated Sept. 9 launch of the first iWatch and next-generation iPhone, which will both connect to Apple's new health tracking software dubbed HealthKit.

The Financial Times dug into the new iOS developer agreement to find new wording, including a clause that says developers may "not sell an end-user's health information collected through the HealthKit API to advertising platforms, data brokers or information resellers."

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