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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking

France's competition regulator fined Apple €150 million, saying the iPhone maker went overboard in its implementation of pop-up messages that let users consent to or reject tracking that third-party applications use for targeted advertising. The App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework used by Apple on iPhones and iPads since 2021 makes the use of third-party applications too complex and...

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Targeted advertising: the Autorité de la concurrence imposes a fine of €150,000,000 on Apple for the implementation of the App Tracking Transparency (“ATT”) framework

The ATT framework introduced by Apple on 26 April 2021 Apple introduced the ATT framework in April 2021, when version 14.5 of the iOS and iPadOS operating systems was launched for its smart mobile devices. The ATT framework asks iPhone or iPad users, with a view to better protecting their privacy, for their consent to data collection on third-party applications in the iOS and iPadOS ecosystem...

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Apple bizarrely fined $162M for App Tracking Transparency after advertisers complained

Apple has been fined $162M by France’s competition regulator for the way App Tracking Transparency is implemented, stating that this is an abuse of the company’s powers. This bizarre ruling follows a complaint by a group of trade associations representing advertisers who are no longer able to access user data to serve personalized ads … App Tracking Transparency Apple offers a way for...

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