Apple should pay €6m to French data watchdog for tracking users without consent, says official
Apple tracked users without their consent and deserves to be fined €6 million, according to a top advisor to France's data privacy watchdog.
The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés launched an investigation into Apple after a complaint filed by France Digitale, a lobby group supporting startups, accused the company of violating EU privacy laws last year.gave consumers greater control over their personal data. iPhone and iPad Users could stop companies tracking their online activity in apps by changing their privacy settings.
France Digitale, however, claimed Apple's privacy policies did not extend to its own apps and services. In other words, the iGiant tracks its own users without their explicit consent and doesn't give them the choice to opt-out. Now, Francois Pellegrini, a rapporteur working on behalf for CNIL, has sided with the lobby group. He recommended Apple be fined €6 million for flouting the European Union's ePrivacy directive.
The directive, which came into effect in 2011, states that companies cannot retain a user's location data or cookies without explicit permission. But Apple's iOS 14.6 version broke these rules, although they were later changed in iOS 15, Pelligrini said during a hearing on Monday,
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