Italy slaps Apple with $115 million penalty in App Tracking Transparency case

With App Tracking Transparency, apps are required to get a user’s permission to track or access their device’s advertising identifier.
Italy’s antitrust watchdog, the AGCM, announced on Monday that it has imposed a €98.6 million ($115.53 million) fine on Apple and two subsidiaries for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the iOS app distribution market.
The authority determined that Apple violated EU competition rules through its App Store, leveraging an “absol