{"id":3659,"date":"2022-12-14T09:48:43","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T09:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2022-12-14T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T09:48:43","slug":"uk-introduces-world-first-code-of-practice-to-improve-consumer-security-within-app-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/uk-introduces-world-first-code-of-practice-to-improve-consumer-security-within-app-market\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Introduces World-First Code of Practice to Improve Consumer Security Within App Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A world-first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/code-of-practice-for-app-store-operators-and-app-developers\">Code of Practice<\/a>&nbsp;has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/new-rules-for-apps-to-boost-consumer-security-and-privacy\">introduced by the UK government<\/a>&nbsp;to encourage app store operators and developers to prioritise cyber security to protect consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-digital-culture-media-sport\">The Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport (DCMS)<\/a>&nbsp;said that the new voluntary regulation includes requirements for those who sign up for it to have reporting procedures to flag issues and guarantee full transparency with users, among other measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst only voluntary, the DCMS maintains that the Code of Practice will improve overall cyber security, as millions of people in the UK use their phones daily and are unaware of the risks that poor app security creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has said it will work with major tech companies such as Apple and Google to roll out the code over a nine-month period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developers and operators that adopt the code will be able to show&nbsp;that it&nbsp;is demonstrating strong cyber security practices&nbsp;by&nbsp;declaring this on their company website, app website, or on a relevant store page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further cyber security updates and to access a wealth of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/resources\/\">resources<\/a>,\u00a0sign up for our <a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/core-membership-sign-up\/\">free core membership.<\/a><br><strong><br>The\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/\"><strong>NEBRC<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0is\u00a0a non-profit organisation that seeks to educate, inform, and\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/services\/\"><strong>support<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0businesses across the UK\u00a0on how to stay safe online\u00a0through\u00a0strong cyber security practices.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A world-first&nbsp;Code of Practice&nbsp;has been&nbsp;introduced by the UK government&nbsp;to encourage app store operators and developers to prioritise cyber security to protect consumers. The Department for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}