Italy fines Apple nearly 100m euros over app privacy feature
Summary
Italy's competition authority fined Apple 98 million euros for allegedly abusing its dominant position with restrictive privacy rules on third-party app developers in the App Store.
Key Points
- Italy fined Apple 98 million euros for allegedly abusing dominance in the mobile app market.
- The fine relates to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature and its impact on third-party app developers.
- Italian antitrust authority found Apple's privacy rules restrictive and harmful to commercial partners.
- Apple plans to appeal and defends its privacy protections widely praised globally.
