Blog: Mobile Apps
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Legal agreements if you sell through a mobile app
When selling products (physical or digital) through a mobile app, there are special legal considerations you need to keep in mind. Remember that many mobile e-commerce stores are simply mobile-optimized websites, but if you develop a mobile app to go alongside your website, the content, and display of your legal agreements...
EULA vs. Terms of Use for a mobile app
When deciding what to include in your legal agreements when setting up your mobile app, you may be wondering what's the difference between the "End-User License" agreement and the "Terms of Use" agreement. These agreements are similar in a number of ways, but have some key legal and content differences that...
Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps
Your mobile app (iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry) must have a Privacy Policy if the app collects personal data from users. You'll need the Privacy Policy even if you do not collect this kind of data yourself but instead use third-party tools (such as Google Analytics Mobile, Flurry) that will collect this...
Privacy Policy for location data
In February of 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expanded their guidelines for mobile app developers who create apps that collect user data, specifically user location data. This expansion builds upon the original guidance published by the FTC in February of 2013 in their report "Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through...
Privacy Policy for mobile games
Mobile games, especially those directed towards kids, are subject to special requirements when it comes to privacy practices and their Privacy Policy agreements. You'll need this kind of document even if you don't collect any personal data through the mobile game. Children are the primary users of many mobile games: in the...
Results of Privacy Sweep 2014 by GPEN
The market for mobile applications (or mobile apps for short) is growing rapidly and, as a result, people are becoming more worried about the amount of information mobile apps are able to collect and use. The Privacy Sweep In May 2014, a network of 26 privacy enforcement authorities from all over the...