The change to the App Store Review Guidelines on Thursday night, under section 5.1.1 Data Collection and Storage, specifies that developers include the privacy policy link in the App Store Connect metadata field, as well as within the app in an “easily accessible manner.”
Previously, the rule to require the privacy policy link only applied to apps that require a subscription, meaning it didn’t apply to producers of completely free or paid apps without subscriptions. The change, which will take into effect from October 3, applies to all new apps and app updates, including those which do not require a connection to the Internet to function.
