INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, the Facebook-owned Onavo Protect VPN service app will be removed from the App Store
While the news broke only about an hour before our writing this story, we can confirm that the security app has already disappeared from the
Australian version of the iOS App Store."We work hard to protect user privacy and data security throughout the Apple ecosystem," an Apple
spokesperson said with regards to the decision
"With the latest update to our guidelines, we made it explicitly clear that apps should not collect information about which other apps are
installed on a user's device for the purposes of analytics or advertising/marketing and must make it clear what user data will be
collected and how it will be used."A long time comingOnavo began as an Israeli startup that helped users keep tabs on their mobile data
Regardless, Facebook began promoting the app to its users earlier this year, implying that using it would 'protect' them online.It became
of websites, apps and data
Because we're part of Facebook, we also use this info to improve Facebook products and services, gain insights into the products and
Facebook earlier this month that it violated the new App Store guidelines which were implemented in June
Discussions between the two companies took place this week and Apple is reported to have given the social media giant the opportunity to
voluntarily pull Onavo Protect from the App Store.
