France’s antitrust regulator fines Apple 150 million euros

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>France’s antitrust regulator has fined Apple 150 million euros &lpar;£125 million&rpar; for abusing its dominant position in the distribution of mobile applications for iOS and iPad devices between April 2021 and July 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The French Competition Authority said it found that the objective of Apple’s App Tracking Transparency &lpar;ATT&rpar; framework asking for users’ permission before tracking them was not in itself open to criticism&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But it ruled that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;way in which it was implemented was neither necessary nor proportionate to Apple’s stated objective of protecting personal data”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The framework requires iPhone or iPad users to consent to data collection by third-party applications in systems operated by Apple&comma; in order to better protect privacy&comma; and displaying a window in a partially standardised format&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple said in a statement that the ATT give users more privacy control &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;through a required&comma; clear&comma; and easy-to-understand prompt about one thing&colon; tracking”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;That prompt is consistent for all developers&comma; including Apple&comma; and we have received strong support for this feature from consumers&comma; privacy advocates&comma; and data protection authorities around the world&comma;” the company said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While we are disappointed with today’s decision&comma; the French Competition Authority &lpar;FCA&rpar; has not required any specific changes to ATT&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The French watchdog deplored that the system led to a proliferation of consent windows&comma; making it excessively difficult for users of third-party applications to navigate the iOS environment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also questioned the system’s neutrality&comma; saying it penalised the smallest publishers which depend to a large extent on the collection of third-party data to finance their activity<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9fc39ec00">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ec9fc39ec00'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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