Gmail iOS app displays a warning, latest security features are not available: No updates as Google Delays Privacy Labels

Google has promised to update the application privacy label of its application suite to comply with the App Store rules that Apple started to implement in December, many of its main applications have not been updated for several months and still No private information is listed.

It’s been so long since Google last updated the Gmail app, so much so that Gmail now displays a warning that the latest security features are not available. When logging in to a new account in the iOS version of the Gmail app, a warning will be given that it should be updated, and it is recommended to continue logging in ‘under the knowledge of the risks”.

The Gmail application has not been updated yet. The 6.0.201115 version of the Gmail application is the only Gmail version available on iPhone and iPad, it has not been updated since December 1.

Google declared on January 5 that it would add private data to the application catalog this week or next week’, but as of January 20, most applications have not updated the application privacy label.

Since then, Google has quietly added tags to applications such as YouTube, but major applications such as Gmail, Google Search, Google Photos, and Google Maps still have no privacy details.

Even in applications that have already obtained the label, in most cases, there is no feature or security update. It is still unclear why Google has taken so long to add app privacy labels to its iOS apps, and there is no news when Gmail will be updated.

Google has been updating its Android app regularly, and the last update of the Android Gmail app was released on February 9. Some people speculate that the reason why Google has not provided privacy label data is because of negative feedback from other companies such as Facebook, but there is still no confirmed explanation.

Since iOS 14.3, the App privacy label is a must. Its purpose is to give users detailed information about what data the App collects from them so that they can make an informed choice when choosing to install the App. App developers must self-report private information in the App Store, and developers must determine all data collection and use cases.

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