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From my understanding, the iOS permission to track prompt is only if your app uses user device data for the purpose of targeted advertising by accessing the IDF

From my understanding, the iOS permission to track prompt is only if your app uses user device data for the purpose of targeted advertising by accessing the IDFA. There shouldn't be a problem if you disable the collection of IDFA and you can configure exactly that via Firebase Google Analytics [1]. I don't see a whole sale banning of free analytics SDKs but I do see a positive shift in forcing developers to have more awareness about what data is collected and what it is used for. Edit: Per Apple's definitions of tracking, it also includes sharing user or device data with data brokers.[2] [1]https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/configure-data-collection?platform=ios#disable_idfa_collection https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/configure-data-co... [2]https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-use/ https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-...

Reason077 6y ago
> "There shouldn't be a problem if you disable the collection of IDFA" Exactly. I hope this is true as this is exactly what I'm planning to do.
- kruuuder 6y ago
  Apple says "you’ll need to receive the user’s permission through the AppTrackingTransparency framework to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier". So if the SDK uses any information at all (e.g. the IP address) to track the user, you need the user's permission. Do you think Google will do some kind of tracking with the user's IP address? I'd bet on "Yes".
  - nulbyte 6y ago
    Apple defines tracking to mean something specific: > Tracking refers to the act of linking user or device data collected from your app with user or device data collected from other companies’ apps, websites, or offline properties for targeted advertising or advertising measurement purposes. How will Apple enforce this? You can, for example, turn off data sharing in Google Analytics to disallow Google to use the data you collect for their own advertising purposes.
- K0nserv 6y ago
  If you stop collecting IDFA and don't replace it with some other device identifier you are fine. If you create a new identifier i.e. some sort of fingerprinting you still needs user consent for that via the AppTransparency framework.
Aaargh20318 6y ago
> the iOS permission to track prompt is only if your app uses user device data for the purpose of targeted advertising by accessing the IDFA. And that shouldn’t be an issue for analytics anyway because using the IDFA for anything other than advertising has always been prohibited. IIRC Apple checks if your app accesses this value and your app will be rejected if your app does and not contain any ads.

Reason077 6y ago

> "There shouldn't be a problem if you disable the collection of IDFA" Exactly. I hope this is true as this is exactly what I'm planning to do.

kruuuder 6y ago
Apple says "you’ll need to receive the user’s permission through the AppTrackingTransparency framework to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier". So if the SDK uses any information at all (e.g. the IP address) to track the user, you need the user's permission. Do you think Google will do some kind of tracking with the user's IP address? I'd bet on "Yes".
- nulbyte 6y ago
  Apple defines tracking to mean something specific: > Tracking refers to the act of linking user or device data collected from your app with user or device data collected from other companies’ apps, websites, or offline properties for targeted advertising or advertising measurement purposes. How will Apple enforce this? You can, for example, turn off data sharing in Google Analytics to disallow Google to use the data you collect for their own advertising purposes.
K0nserv 6y ago
If you stop collecting IDFA and don't replace it with some other device identifier you are fine. If you create a new identifier i.e. some sort of fingerprinting you still needs user consent for that via the AppTransparency framework.

Aaargh20318 6y ago

> the iOS permission to track prompt is only if your app uses user device data for the purpose of targeted advertising by accessing the IDFA. And that shouldn’t be an issue for analytics anyway because using the IDFA for anything other than advertising has always been prohibited. IIRC Apple checks if your app accesses this value and your app will be rejected if your app does and not contain any ads.