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Italy: Investigation into Apple for alleged misuse of data for commercial purposes

Progress

Current status
in force
09 Nov 2021 in force
20 Aug 2020 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: app stores
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

09 Nov 2021
in force

Issued EUR 10 million fine to Apple for misuse of data for commercial purposes

On 9 November 2021, the Italian Competition And Markets Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato- CMA) issued a EUR 10 million ruling against Apple for violating the Italian Customer Code. In particular, the CMA found that Apple …

Source
Event type investigation
Action type ruling
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
20 Aug 2020
under deliberation

Announced investigation into Apple for misuse of data for own commercial purposes

On 20 August 2020, the Italian Competition And Markets Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato- CMA) opened a preliminary investigation into Apple. The CMA alleged that Apple violated the Italian Customer Code and data protection…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority