Italy Fines Apple €98.6 Million Over ATT Rules Limiting App Store Competition

Apple has been fined €98.6 million $116 million by Italy's antitrust authority after finding that the company's App Tracking Transparency ATT privacy framework restricted App Store competition. The Italian Competition Authority Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or AGCM said the...

Apple Fined €150 Million by French Regulator Over Discriminatory ATT Consent Practices

Apple has been hit with a fine of €150 million $162 million by France's competition watchdog over the implementation of its App Tracking Transparency ATT privacy framework. The Autorité de la concurrence said it's imposing a financial penalty against Apple for abusing its dominant position as a...

Google Reveals What Personal Data Chrome and Its Apps Collect On You

Privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo called out rival Google for "spying" on users after the search giant updated its flagship app to spell out the exact kinds of information it collects for personalization and marketing purposes. "After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much...

Apple May Start Delivering Security Patches Separately From Other OS Updates

Apple may be changing the way it delivers security patches to its devices running iOS and iPadOS mobile operating systems. According to code spotted in iOS 14.5, the iPhone maker is reportedly working on a method for delivering security fixes independently of other OS updates. The changes were...

Apple will proxy Safe Browsing requests to hide iOS users' IP from Google

Apple's upcoming iOS 14.5 update will come with a new feature that will redirect all fraudulent website checks through its own proxy servers as a workaround to preserve user privacy and prevent leaking IP addresses to Google. A built-in security-focused feature in the Safari browser, "Fraudulent...