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ATT— what it means in affiliate marketing

Apple's App Tracking Transparency: an app must ask permission before tracking a user across other companies' apps and sites.

Opt-in rates made deterministic iOS attribution the exception rather than the rule, and SKAdNetwork filled the gap with aggregated, delayed data. Mobile media buying has been rebuilt around that loss of granularity.

Related terms

Term Definition
SKAdNetwork Apple's framework for attributing iOS install campaigns without identifying the user.
LAT Limit Ad Tracking: the older iOS setting with which a user withheld their advertising identifier.
MMP Mobile measurement partner: the independent platform that attributes installs and in-app events.

Entry updated 29 July 2026. All 276 terms in one page.

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