Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Tastemakers app for iOS: Privacy Policy link in app store does not lead to written Privacy Policy

iOS 15.6.1 

Date: 08/30/2021

Tastemakers Restaurant Reviews app for iOS (version 1.2.0)

Description:

The Privacy Policy link in the app store listing for Tastemakers Restaurant Reviews does not lead to a written privacy policy.


Steps to Reproduce:

1. Head to the Apple app store listing for Tastemakers Restaurant Reviews 

2. Click on the "developer's privacy policy" link

3. Note the lack of a written policy on the destination page: https://tastemakersapp.com/

Result: The "developer's privacy policy" link for Tastemakers Restaurant Reviews does not lead to a written privacy policy 

Expected: Per app store rules, each app listing should lead to an "accessible" privacy policy



Head to the product listing for the Tastemakers app for iOS


Click on the "developer's privacy policy" link...


No written privacy policy is to be found. 











Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Snap! Raise Website Cookie Pop-Up: Dead Privacy Policy Link

Date: 08/17/2022

Note: This isn't an issue with an app - it's an issue with a pop-up I received using Mobile Safari. Also reproduced on a Chromebook.

Description:

The "Privacy Policy" link in the Cookie pop-up is dead. When selected using Safari Mobile, user is taken to a blank screen.

See screenshots:

There is a "Privacy Policy" link on this cookie pop-up.

It is supposed to go to the link above.

Instead it just strands the user on this screen - Safari Mobile. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Using an iPhone, head to snapraise.com
2. From the Cookie Pop-Up, Click on "Privacy Policy"

Result: The "Privacy Policy" link on the Cookie pop-up does not work - strands user on an blank screen

Expected: A "Privacy Policy" link in a Cookie pop-up should always work 



This link: https://www.snap-raise.com/privacy-policy

Takes me here:









Sunday, August 7, 2022

Foodtown ON THE GO app for iOS: Settings menu option has access to different development environments

 iOS 15.5

Foodtown ON THE GO app for iOS (version 20220726)

Date: 08/07/22

Description:

Here's an odd issue that I have only once seen previously. An app called Foodtown ON THE GO has some unusual options in the settings menu. Take a look:

Head to the Settings area of the Foodtown ON THE GO app for iOS. You'll see some unusual settings options at the bottom.

API Key and Asset Key are empty. But API Environment and Asset Environment are.

Different environments. 

Different environments.


I am baffled as to why an app would include this. In the thousands and thousands of apps I have downloaded over the years, I have only ever seen this in one other app.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the Foodtown ON THE GO app for iOS
2. Launch the Settings option for the Foodtown app
3. Scroll down and notice the API Environment and Asset Environment options 

Result: The Foodtown ON THE GO app for iOS has unusual options in the Settings menu. Options include the API Environment and Asset Environment options

Expected: Not sure if these options are supposed to be present - I would guess that they are not supposed to be visible by the end user