Despite progress, the ad industry is still unprepared for Apple’s long-awaited crackdown on companies tracking its customers.
January 29, 2021

Ready or not, mobile advertising is about to be upended. Apple’s long-awaited privacy control that will require developers to ask permission from users before tracking them will arrive early this spring. While the company has not given a specific date, the vague outline it has given means the update could arrive either in late March or some point in April. Despite progress, the ad industry is still unprepared for Apple’s long-awaited crackdown on companies tracking its customers. Read more below.

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