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The question is: will it be possible to use facebook and firebase sdk's without the opt-in consent, provided that no use of the idfa is made? My understanding i
by stationfrocks 6y ago
The question is: will it be possible to use facebook and firebase sdk's without the opt-in consent, provided that no use of the idfa is made? My understanding is that as long as the opt-in popup isn't shown, the device won't allow access to the idfa, and as such the sdk you're using does not matter. Both facebook and firebase's sdks seem to have fallbacks in place for when the idfa is not available.
This is to be taken with a grain of salt, and I'd love to see somebody more savvy on the matter confirm this...
- swiley 6y agoI would have been happy if facebook's stuff weren't usable by iOS developers without at least something user visible. I already gave up on the platform and switched to something sane though.
- m_eiman 6y agoI suppose it's not just the idfa, it's any personal information you share with third parties.
- Nextgrid 6y agoSomething as simple as an IP address is considered personal data in Europe, and something that can uniquely identify a user with a reasonable degree of accuracy (device fingerprint, which Facebook does collect) would also be included.
- graftak 6y agoYes it will technically be possible but at the same be a violation of the App Store guidelines, meaning it will likely lead to a ban.
- djrogers 6y agoFrom Apple: "you’ll need to receive the user’s permission through the AppTrackingTransparency framework to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier". OR access IDFA being the key there. If you can't honestly and easily answer the question "does this 3rd party SDK track my users?" then you probably should not be using it.