#278: Not So Much Nudge as Shove

Apple has announced that all apps submitted to their App Store must have a privacy policy as of October 2018. With that as background, we talk about privacy policies for mobile apps, websites, and SaaS products. We talk about why they are important for legal reasons and marketing reasons, how to account for third-party integrations and their use of personal information, and a few strategies for creating a privacy policy for your product. Mailing List Every month there are more great articles and content about the business of Mac and iOS development than we have time to discuss on the show. If you’d like to receive our monthly newsletter with the best of these links, be sure to sign up for our mailing list at http://releasenotes.tv/mailinglist. Show Notes and Links Apple News and Updates Privacy Policy Reminder – Apple announces that privacy policies will be required for all apps as of October 2018 A Deceitful ‘Doctor’ in the Mac App Store – “Adware Doctor,” a top app in the Mac App Store, is discovered to be sending personal information to China