about the personal data they use, Britain’s
competition watchdog said.
Each app’s listing will highlight key information
about the data collected and a summary of
its privacy policy. The changes, which were
announced earlier this year, will take effect
shortly for users worldwide, though a specific
date wasn’t given.
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority
said it worked with counterparts in the
Netherlands and Norway to push for the
changes, based on concern users were not being
told clearly whether their data was being shared
with third parties.