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Dutch regulator disputes Apple’s commissions in dating app case
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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Dutch regulator disputes Apple’s commissions in dating app case

[ad_1] The Dutch consumer watchdog is challenging the fees that Apple charges dating app providers in the Netherlands as part of its long-running case against the U.S. technology company over the dominance of its app store, according to a filing seen by Reuters.Bloomberg News reported on the filing earlier on Tuesday. Although the case is limited to dating apps in the Netherlands, it is seen as having the potential to set a precedent for other markets. The Netherlands' Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) in 2021 fined the company 50 million euros ($53 million) for failure to comply with changes it had ordered to Apple's app store to end practices it said violated European Union antitrust laws.Apple denied wrongdoing and appealed the fines in a case still before a Rotterdam Court. ...
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Apple wins appeal against UK’s decision to investigate its mobile browser
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Apple wins appeal against UK’s decision to investigate its mobile browser

[ad_1] Apple Inc won its appeal against the decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to launch an investigation into its mobile browser and cloud gaming services, the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruled on Friday.Regulator the Competition and Market Authority (CMA) opened a full investigation in November into the dominance of Apple and Alphabet Inc's Google in mobile browsers, and the possibility of the iPhone maker restricting the cloud gaming market through its app store. Apple argued that the CMA had "no power" to launch such a probe because it did so too late. Its lawyer Timothy Otty said earlier this month that the market investigation should have been opened last June at the same time the CMA published a report on mobile ecosystems, which found the two tech giants had an "eff...
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Apple Sued by Women Over ‘Dangerous’ AirTag Stalking by Exes
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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Apple Sued by Women Over ‘Dangerous’ AirTag Stalking by Exes

[ad_1] Apple Inc. was sued by two women who say its AirTag devices make it easy for stalkers to track and terrorize victims. Apple Inc. was sued by two women who say its AirTag devices make it easy for stalkers to track and terrorize victims. The inexpensive devices, about the size of a half-dollar coin, are intended to be slipped into or attached to personal possessions, like backpacks or keys, to help owners locate them. But privacy advocates have warned -- and police reports have verified -- that AirTags can also be used to track people without consent. An ex-boyfriend of one of the women who filed the lawsuit planted an AirTag in the wheel well of her car and was able to find out where she had moved to avoid his harassment, according to the proposed class-action complaint fil...
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Apple faces critics over its privacy policies
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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Apple faces critics over its privacy policies

[ad_1] Apple presents itself as a white knight on the subject of privacy, but critics say its own advertising ambitions are built on anti-competitive practices. Apple presents itself as a white knight on the subject of privacy, but critics say its own advertising ambitions are built on anti-competitive practices.Two developers going by the name 'Mysk' claimed last month that Apple was tracking users' every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function. A class action lawsuit was subsequently filed in California, claiming that Apple's "promises regarding privacy are utterly false". The company has not commented and did not respond to questions from AFP.But Apple has made protection of user privacy central to its image, and long opposed ads on its platforms.It threw a span...
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