In France, France Digitale claims that Apple violates EU law to protect user data.
As found in France Digitale, by default, all devices allow Apple to “run its own advertising campaigns without clearly informing users,” although in the latest version of iOS 14 users are asked if they are willing to allow applications installed on a mobile device to collect basic identification data for advertising targeting.
The association considers this a violation of EU law on the protection of personal data of users, as all organizations are required to clearly inform their customers about the collection of data and ask their permission for that. In addition, the location tracking feature on Apple devices allows it to share the collected data with other companies without prior notice to users.
“We understand that this is similar to David’s battle with Goliath, but we are determined,” said Nicolas Brienne, head of the association, adding that his association would send its complaint to the French regulator CNIL, which is responsible for protecting users’ personal data.
In turn, Apple believes that these allegations are unfounded.
“The allegations in the complaint are untrue and will be seen as an attempt by those who monitor users to divert attention from their own actions and mislead regulators,” the company said in a statement.
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According to Resolution №269 of March 29, wheat, sunflower oil, detergents, newsprint, cardboard, craft paper and craft cardboard, toilet paper, cosmetic wipes, hand towels, tablecloths and napkins were added to the list. The list also includes boxes, boxes, bags, packages, rope made of other alloy steels, drilling tools, and other carts and running balancing carts, […]
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Malaysian companies can become participants in the management of the airports of Ukraine, Najib Razak (Najib Tun Razak) said Malaysian Prime Minister after talks with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at a joint news conference in Malaysia. Julia Kovalev, First Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine explained, that here is we are […]
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Ukrainian restaurateurs cannot share the trademark Oliva. The former partners, Dmitry Plyatsuk the owner of marks Viva Oliva and Yuriy Kolesnik he owner of Oliva served counterclaims to revoke the trademark of the competitor. January, 20 Solomenskiy District Court of Kiev will consider the claim of Viva Oliva to the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property […]
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The ex-president and founder of the largest mobile operator Kyivstar Igor Litovchenko in Ukraine became the owner of the Wireless telecom provider SmartCommunications (TM Giraffe). Ukrainian edition Liga.net informed about this, referring to the State Register of natural persons-entrepreneurs and legal entities. According to official figures, Igor Lytovchenko is the owner of the Cyprus offshore Magnilda Holdings Ltd., which owns Giraffe. As said the […]
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The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has imposed a fine on the company operating the network of gas stations belonging to the Privat group for anti-competitive concerted actions in setting oil prices. The fine amounted to UAH 4.7 billion, the press service of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine reports. Thus, on Tuesday, March 30, a […]
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BMW has agreed to pay 18 million dollars fine for distortion of sales data for five years. About it with reference to the Commission on securities and stock exchanges of the USA. According to the commission, from 2015 to 2019, BMW maintained a reserve of unaccounted for car retail sales, which it used to achieve […]
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Ukrzaliznytsia has signed a memorandum on cooperation and localization in Ukraine of passenger rolling stock production by the Swiss company Stadler CIS AG. The press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reports. According to the document, the parties will work together to develop passenger rail transport in Ukraine and attract funding. In addition, if Stadler […]
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The German budget airline, which is one of the subsidiaries of the Lufthansa Group, will launch flights from Dusseldorf to Kiev on September 1. Data on the airline’s website indicate this. It is noted that the airline will operate flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Departure from Germany is scheduled at 11:30 (local time), arrival […]
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is considering how to reduce the amount of political content in the social media news feed. “People don’t want politics and the struggle to dominate while using the social network,” Zuckerberg said. According to him, the company will forever stop the recommendations of groups dealing with political issues. Earlier, […]
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NBU gave the permission on 100% of shares purchasing of Com in Bank to the foreign investors. The representatives of National bank of Ukraine made the official statement. According to the source, Stefan Pinter, the chairman of GML Capital Fund, submitted the application for implementation of the transaction about the financial organisation assets acquisition two […]
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Good news from products company Lantmannen AXA was not long in coming! Company asked consumers: “What ingredients do you add most often to granola?” One of the most popular answers is nuts. We launched Super nuts Granola! The design has acquired the corporate style of the AXA Granola line. In combination with oatmeal, crispy honey […]
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