France is probably going to issue an antitrust fine against Apple in March, as the country's consumer watchdog gears up to rule on whether Apple abused its position over App Tracking Transparency.
The South Korean government has levied fines against Apple after it was found using illegally obtained data to predict when users couldn't pay for App Store purchases — and Apple's representatives aren't in the mood to talk about it.
In July 2023, the French Competition Authority, the Authorite de la Concurrence, said it would open an antitrust investigation into Apple and App Tracking Transparency.
At the time the probe was launched, Apple shared a statement to AppleInsider insisting it holds its advertising business "to a higher standard of privacy than it requires of any other developer by prompting users for explicit permission before delivering any personalized ads.".
The French antitrust ruling follows after murmurs in Germany from a federal court deliberating whether Apple should be subject to additional controls to encourage competition in the market.
