Apple fined by Italian antitrust watchdog over ATT rules

Italy’s competition watchdog agency, Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has fined Apple € 98.6 million ($ 116 million) over the App Tracking Transparency feature. Here are the details.

A bit of background

Since Apple introduced App Tracking Transparency (ATT), the feature has been criticized by companies and media groups over how it works on third-party apps, compared to Apple’s own properties.

They argue that while ATT imposes strict limits on…