Google still to follow Apple’s new privacy rules, weeks after promising to do so

Apple introduced Privacy Labels with iOS 14 update making it mandatory for developers to clearly state their privacy policies. Privacy Labels feature is Apple’s way of making iPhone users understand how their personal information may be used. These Labels became mandatory starting December 8, 2020, which means that all app developers pushing an update to their iOS app after December 8 need to publish Privacy Labels first.

It was recently noticed that Google had updated its popular apps like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Photos, YouTube, Google Maps and others on or before December 7. The move is apparently being seen to avoid filling out privacy labels for any of these apps. Around January 6, when this got reported by several tech media platforms globally, Google promised to roll out Privacy Labels within a week to comply with Apple’s new privacy rules.