Italy fines Apple $115 million over App Tracking Transparency

The Italian antitrust agency says Apple abuses its dominant market position with the App Store and has fined it $115 million having apparently misunderstood App Tracking Transparency. Apple's App Store award trophy Italy's Autorita Garante Della Concorrenza E Del Mercato (AGCM) competition authority began an investigation back in May 2023 . At the time, it said this was in part because Apple imposed "a more restrictive privacy policy" on third-party developers than it does itself. The privacy policy is Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which was in iOS 14.5 as a way to let users decide whether each specific app developer should be allowed to track their activity. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums