Apple To Make It Harder For Apps To Track iPhone Users

NEW YORK (CBSNEWS.COM) — Apple says it will roll out a new privacy control in the spring to prevent iPhone apps from secretly shadowing people. The delay in its anticipated rollout aims to placate Facebook and other digital services that depend on such data surveillance to help sell ads.

Woman holds iPhone 12 in her hand. (credit: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Although Apple didn't provide a specific date, the general timetable disclosed Thursday means a long-awaited feature known as App Tracking Transparency will be part of an iPhone software update likely to arrive in late March or some point in April.

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