iOS app linked but no App Tracking Transparency disclosure
Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) is the system that requires iOS apps to ask a user's permission before tracking them across other apps and websites. This check looks for whether a site linking to an iOS app explains, in its privacy policy, how that ATT permission affects the data the app collects. On this site, an iOS app is linked, but the privacy policy has no ATT-related section. Apple requires apps to request tracking permission through ATT, and privacy policies for sites with a linked iOS app should explain what that permission does and what happens if a visitor declines it. Without this explanation, users have no way to understand what tracking is actually happening in the app or what changes if they say no, which is a gap in an otherwise standard disclosure. Your privacy lawyer should add a short passage to the privacy policy, something like 'Our iOS app requests tracking permission via Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework. Declining this permission disables [specific features]', naming the actual features affected. This is a quick addition, around 30 minutes, since it only requires describing existing app behaviour rather than changing anything technical.
Why this matters
Apple requires apps to request tracking permission through ATT, and privacy policies for sites with a linked iOS app should explain what that permission does and what happens if a visitor declines it. Without this explanation, users have no way to understand what tracking is actually happening in the app or what changes if they say no, which is a gap in an otherwise standard disclosure.
How to fix it
Your privacy lawyer should add a short passage to the privacy policy, something like 'Our iOS app requests tracking permission via Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework. Declining this permission disables [specific features]', naming the actual features affected. This is a quick addition, around 30 minutes, since it only requires describing existing app behaviour rather than changing anything technical.