Apple Fined $116 Million Over App Privacy Prompts

Third-party developers person to show users 2 prompts for illustration this to get consent for app tracking.

Apple has been fined much than €98 cardinal (about $116 million) by Italy's antitrust regulator complete nan "excessively burdensome" privateness rules it imposes connected third-party apps. The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) says that Apple abused its ascendant app shop marketplace position by burdening developers pinch "disproportionate" position astir information postulation that transcend privateness rule requirements, compared to rules for autochthonal iOS apps.

The good specifically targets nan App Tracking Transparency (ATT) argumentation Apple launched successful 2021, which requires third-party developers to inquire users for consent doubly to way their information crossed different apps and websites …

Read nan afloat communicative astatine The Verge.