This will help make the UK a stronger and more secure place for people and businesses. Your views will help shape UK Government policy over the coming years and allow both consumers and businesses to reap the many benefits from apps. I welcome your views on the proposed interventions set out in this document. The Competition & Market Authority’s market study into Apple and Google’s mobile ecosystems and their interim report published on 14 December 2021 will inform the design of the new pro-competition regime for digital markets. The Government is also creating the pro-competition regime for digital markets, which will introduce new rules to ensure digital consumers and businesses are treated fairly and level the playing field so that new and innovative tech firms can flourish. This includes the Online Safety Bill which will ensure that the UK is the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression and the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill, which will protect the security of consumer connectable products, and their users. Guided by the Plan for Digital Regulation’s focus on coherence, these proposals complement work that is already happening across Government to help protect users that rely on various digital services and technology. These proposals link into the National Cyber Strategy through requiring providers of digital services to meet appropriate standards of cyber security and developing frameworks to secure future technologies. Other options we could take forward if needed in the future, include certification for app store operators and regulating aspects of the Code to help protect users. The interventions suggested in this document include a voluntary Code of Practice for App Store Operators and Developers that is intended as a first step. The Government will also ensure that developments in this area coordinate and mutually reinforce other work associated with app security and privacy. Additionally, as set out in the Plan for Digital Regulation, we will ensure our overall approach to governing digital technologies is proportionate and supports growth and innovation within the sector. This work will help deliver this through improving the practices of major providers of digital services, specifically app store operators (as well as developers). Given our growing reliance on apps, we need to ensure that we are managing the risks if we are to securely reap the many benefits of apps and app stores.Ī key ambition of our new National Cyber Strategy published in December 2021, is to ensure citizens are more secure online and confident their data is protected. While many app stores have vetting and review processes, malicious and insecure apps continue to make it onto some stores. App stores can also serve as trusted digital marketplaces, as long as they have the right processes to check that apps are not a risk to users’ security and privacy. Developers therefore have a responsibility to ensure that they are creating apps with appropriate security and privacy. Given this reliance, it’s vital that apps are secure, to protect the data and privacy of individuals and organisations. This has increased our reliance on apps, as well as the app stores where we access them. In a time of great uncertainty, apps have allowed businesses to continue functioning as well as opening the virtual doors for new enterprises. Apps have helped us stay connected with our loved ones and continue working during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to apps, a world of functionality can be accessed from a single device, anywhere and at any time: whether from a mobile phone out in public or on a smart TV in the comfort of your home. Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State for Media, Data and Digital InfrastructureĪpps play an increasingly important role in everyday life, from managing your finances to catching up with friends and family.
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