Apple may be tracking the App Store activities of iPhone users

Apple updated its privacy policy to stop third-party apps from tracking the activities of iPhone users. Now, the Cupertino-based tech giant itself is allegedly tracking user activities in the App Store. If this rumour turns out to be true this can turn out to be a major deviation by the company from its ideals and principles regarding user privacy.

How Apple is tracking iPhone user’s App Store behaviour
According to a report by 9to5Mac, two researchers have recently discovered that iOS is sending Apple a detailed log of how iPhone users interact with the App Store. The report sent by iOS includes specific user behaviour like the places that are being tapped while interacting with the app store and more. The report also mentioned that iOS is delivering the data to Apple “in real-time via a JSON file.”