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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "apple-att-permission-required-to-track-ios-14-5",
  "slug": "apple-att-permission-required-to-track-ios-14-5",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/apple-att-permission-required-to-track-ios-14-5/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/apple-att-permission-required-to-track-ios-14-5.json",
  "claim": "Since iOS 14.5, apps need the user's permission via App Tracking Transparency to track them or access the advertising identifier",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"iOS 14.5 killed the IDFA\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Apple Developer",
    "title": "User Privacy and Data Use",
    "year": "iOS 14.5 (2021)"
  },
  "quote": "In iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and tvOS 14.5 or later, you need to receive the user’s permission through the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework in order to track them or access their device’s advertising identifier.",
  "method": "Apple developer policy documentation.",
  "drift": [
    "Tracking means linking app data with other companies' data for ads or sharing with data brokers"
  ],
  "interest": "Apple sets App Store rules and runs its own ad business.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Apple requires apps on iOS 14.5 and later to get permission through App Tracking Transparency before tracking users across other companies' apps and sites or reading the advertising identifier.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Apple Developer — User Privacy and Data Use",
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/app-store/user-privacy-and-data-use/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Documentation read on 2026-10-17",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}