P&G helped test new tracking tech that skirts Apple's new privacy rules
What you need to know
- Procter & Gamble helped test CAID, China's new ad tracking technology.
- The technology aims to skirt Apple's new ATT privacy rules.
- Apple says any app found to track users without their permission will be rejected.
Procter & Gamble, one of the largest advertising companies in the world, participated in testing a new ad tracking technology that aims to skirt Apple's new AppTrackingTransparency rules.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal (via 9to5Mac), the company helped test CAID, a new tracking technology developed in China.
Apple responded to the report saying that any app that is found to track a user without their permission will be rejected from the App Store.
It was originally discovered back in March that the China Advertising Association was working on CAID to attempt to bypass Apple's new privacy protections.
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