Overview
- The French competition authority fined Apple €150 million for abusing its market dominance through the implementation of App Tracking Transparency (ATT).
- The ruling criticized ATT as neither necessary nor proportionate to Apple's stated goal of protecting user privacy.
- The authority found that ATT disproportionately harms smaller app developers reliant on third-party data collection for revenue.
- Apple is required to publish the decision on its website for seven days but is not mandated to make specific changes to ATT.
- Apple defended ATT as a privacy-enhancing tool, citing global consumer and privacy advocate support, but faces ongoing scrutiny in Germany and Italy.