France Fines Apple for Illegally Harvesting iPhone Owners’ Data for Ads
“France’s data protection authority, CNIL, fined Apple €8 million (about $8.5 million) Wednesday,” reports Gizmodo, “for illegally harvesting iPhone owners’ data for targeted ads without proper consent.”
It’s an unusual sanction for the iPhone maker, which has faced fewer legal penalties over privacy than its Big Tech competitors. … ⌘ Read more
@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Sad this isn’t being done EU-wide. And the fact that Apple doesn’t say “our bad, sorry” and instead plans to appeal only proves that all their privacy-friendly claims are mere marketing.
@marado@twtxt.net i’m actually very pissed off at Apple, about looking for new revenue sources by turning to the tater, but they happen to have on their users. I have historically trusted Apple, because it’s never been in the business of advertising. Apple already makes enough fucking money. 🤦♂️
@prologic@twtxt.net Well, they’ve been in the ad business at least since 2016.
@marado@twtxt.net Yeah I’m aware and so far this isn’t affecting anyone using Apple hardware (yet). I’ve filed complaints to Apple about their intention to start showing ads on the Lock Screen.
Let’s hope Apple listen to their customers, or I might be forced to do something drastic 😢