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The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by Spotify in 2019, highlighting Apple's restrictions on informing users about alternative payment options outside of its App Store.Apple faces a hefty fine from the European Union for its actions on the App Store. The EU imposed a fine of over 1.8 billion euros ($1.95 billion), marking the tech giant's first antitrust penalty. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by Spotify in 2019, highlighting Apple's restrictions on informing users about alternative payment…

Apple was hit with an EU antitrust fine of over 1.8 billion euros ($1.95 billion) on Monday, its first ever, for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options outside its App Store. The European Commission's decision was triggered by a 2019 complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify over this restriction and Apple's 30% App Store fees. The European Union competition enforcer said Apple's restrictions constituted unfair trading conditions, a relatively novel…

Bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores. (Image: Reuters)Apple’s Japan unit has been charged $98 million in additional taxes by the authorities in Tokyo for overlooking abuses of rules covering duty-free purchases, the media reported. Bulk purchases of iPhones by foreign shoppers were discovered at some Apple stores, reports Nikkei Asia, citing sources. At least one transaction involved a single person purchasing hundreds of handsets all at once,…

Apple should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy rules. Apple should face a 6 million euro ($6.3 million) fine for breach of privacy rules, the top adviser to French data protection authority's sanction body recommended on Monday. CNIL's sanction body is free to ignore the rapporteur's recommendations, but these typically carry a lot of weight regarding the watchdog's final decision. The rapporteur, Francois Pellegrini, made his recommendation after an investigation by the authority,…

Last year, Italy's antitrust regulator fined Google and Apple 10 million euros ($10.36 million) each. An Italian administrative court on Friday rejected an appeal by Alphabet's Google against a decision by Italy's antitrust authority to fine the group, but accepted iPhone maker Apple's appeal against the watchdog's ruling.Last year, Italy's antitrust regulator fined Google and Apple 10 million euros ($10.36 million) each, claiming that the two tech groups had not provided "clear and immediate information" on how they…