Apple plans EU app data consent rule changes
Germany’s competition authority ruled that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework gave Apple preferential prompts, prompting commitments to redesign third-party consent prompts, neutralize language and symbols, and allow combining prompts with data-protection notices across the EU. Apple has four months to implement the changes, which will be overseen for seven years, with prior € fines cited from France and Italy as context.
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About Federal Cartel Office
The Federal Cartel Office is Germany's national competition regulatory agency. First established in 1958, BKartA comes under the authority of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The agency is headquartered in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. Since 2009, Andreas Mundt has served as the president of BKartA.
Everything about Federal Cartel Office →- Country
- Germany
- Headquarters
- Bonn
- Inception
- 1958
- Website
- https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/