France's Antitrust Regulator Fines Apple $162 Million Over App Tracking Transparency Framework

France's competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, announced today it has fined Apple €150 million. The decision stems from findings that Apple abused its dominant position concerning how its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework was implemented on iOS and iPadOS devices between April 2021 and July 2023.The Autorité clarified that while the objective of ATT wasn't inherently problematic, its implementation raised competition concerns. The regulator stated that how ATT was rolled out was "neither necessary for nor proportionate with Apple's stated objective of protecting personal data."Continue ReadingShare Article:Facebook,  Twitter,  LinkedIn,  Reddit,  EmailFollow iClarified:Facebook,  Twitter,  LinkedIn,  Newsletter,  App Store,  YouTube

France's competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, announced today it has fined Apple €150 million. The decision stems from findings that Apple abused its dominant position concerning how its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework was implemented on iOS and iPadOS devices between April 2021 and July 2023.

The Autorité clarified that while the objective of ATT wasn't inherently problematic, its implementation raised competition concerns. The regulator stated that how ATT was rolled out was "neither necessary for nor proportionate with Apple's stated objective of protecting personal data."


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