Italian authorities investigate Apple over possible violations of data privacy regulations

Italian authorities investigate Apple over possible violations of data privacy regulations

Italian antitrust watchdog AGCM has launched an investigation into Apple over its alleged abuse of market dominance against third-party app developers. The US tech giant is accused of applying more restrictive and disadvantageous data privacy policies to non-Apple apps since April 2021. The agency explained that only Apple competitors are required to display the prompt to ask user consent for tracking in a more relevant position compared to the one to deny the practice. This is also reported to employ misleading language about online tracking activities.