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Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts

Third-party developers have to show users two prompts like this to obtain consent for app tracking.

Apple has been fined more than €98 million (about $116 million) by Italy’s antitrust regulator over the “excessively burdensome” privacy rules it imposes on third-party apps. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) says that Apple abused its dominant app store market position by burdening developers with “disproportionate” terms around data collection that exceed privacy law requirements, compared to rules for native iOS apps.

The fine specifically targets the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy Apple launched in 2021, which requires third-party developers to ask users for consent twice to track their data across other apps and websites …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/849528/apple-italy-antitrust-fine-att-app-privacy

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/news/849528/apple-italy-antitrust-fine-att-app-privacy

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