France fines Apple €150M for tracking consent popups
The French Competition Authority criticized Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) for favoring large firms like Meta while disadvantaging smaller publishers, urging fairer consent processes.
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UK Demands Access to Apple’s Encrypted Data
The UK demands broad access to Apple’s encrypted user data, raising privacy concerns and potential changes to Apple’s data protection in the region.
Meta to receive a fine for “pay or consent” model
The EU is set to charge Meta for violating digital rules with its “pay or consent” model, potentially coercing users into data tracking, following similar recent actions against Apple under the Digital Markets Act.
Apple and Google admits sharing push notification data with governments
Apple and Google to clarify government requests for push notification data.
Apple’s share of Google search ad revenue raises privacy concerns
Apple’s significant earnings from Google’s ad-tracking on Safari question its stance on user privacy.
75% of Ireland’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled
EDPB has overruled a whopping 75% of decisions made by the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) in EU cases.
Apple fined 8 million euros for use of Advertising ID
French DPA fined Apple for setting Advertising ID without consent of iPhone users.
Apple should face 6 million euro fine, adviser to French privacy watchdog says
Apple should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy rules, the top adviser to CNILs sanction body recommended.
Privacy changes set Apple at odds with UK government over online safety bill
Users will be able to apply end-to-end encryption to all their data stored in the cloud.
Apple Faces Critics Over Its Privacy Policies
Developers claimed that Apple was tracking users’ every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function.
Mobile-App Privacy Nutrition Labels Missing Key Ingredients for Success
Android and iOS privacy labels confuse developers and end users.
Apple Apps Track You Even With Privacy Protections on
An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”