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France's competition governing body said they would not take immediate action against Apple, although they would still investigate the complaints.Apple won a legal win in France on Wednesday when the country's competitive body, known as Autorité de la Concurrence, refused to ban the tech giant from imposing new privacy rules for its devices. Oneself Apple's upcoming iOS 14.5 software update asks users if they want to allow ad tracking on apps and websites. The French regulator said Apple's new rules could help users protect their privacy.
The ad tracking option is part of the ทดลองเล่นสล็อต Apple's long-standing strategy to protect the privacy of users of iOS products," the French regulator said in a statement. Some advertisers and app makers have complained that the new rules are unfair and anti-competitive. Autorité does not agree at this point. "Reviewing the merits of a case will ensure that this process is not an anti-competitive practice, especially in which case it reflects a pattern of discrimination or" self-referencing ". On Apple's part, ”it said.Apple said in a statement it was grateful for the initial ruling. "We firmly believe that user data belongs to them and that they should control when and with whom they share it," the company said.
The move makes it more likely that Apple's most controversial new privacy features for iOS software for iPhones and iPads will be accepted by regulators. New rules announced last year require app makers to ask users if they approve of tracking multiple apps or websites for advertising purposes.Apple plans to include this feature in software updates. iOS 14.5 is coming in the next few weeks.While privacy advocates, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, have backed the move, Facebook has been attacking it in particular.
The social network giant launched a PR campaign late last year against the feature, taking full-page ads in national newspapers to draw attention to what Facebook said was Apple's unfair practice, the company said the policy. Apple's new is "more profitable than privacy" and will affect small businesses that rely on Facebook ad targeting to reach potential customers.Apple originally planned to release a new tracking request feature last year. But it's delayed to give developers more time to tweak their apps. "When enabled, users will be prompted to allow or deny tracking one app at a time," Apple said at the time, adding that it plans to add the feature in early 2021.
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