CMA axes Google and Apple app store probes – for now
The Competition & Markets Authority has been forced to wind up key investigations into Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App…
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Apple the first to be found guilty of under EU digital law
Apple has secured the dubious honour of becoming the first company to be found in breach of the EU’s new…
FCA on alert as big tech firms expand financial services
City regulator the Financial Conduct Authority is launching a consultation on the potential harms – and benefits – of Amazon,…
Apple slices up data brokers as privacy war escalates
Apple is ramping up its attack on the data broker industry in a global ad campaign designed to show how…
App-ocalypse Now: Marketers losing sleep and money
The new era of data protection, which has seen Apple enforce advertising identifier (IDFA) changes and Google get ready to…
Whistleblower claims trigger GDPR probes into Apple
An Apple whistleblower, who was sacked for leaking confidential information after raising privacy concerns as well as claims of sexism…
Apple and Google face UK action on mobile dominance
Apple and Google have such a “vice-like grip” on mobile phone operating systems, that millions of UK users are losing…
Apple opt-in tracker blows $10bn hole in rivals’ pockets
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat are estimated to have lost lost nearly $10bn (£7.3bn) in advertising revenue since the release…
Apple users ditch ads in their droves after iOS update
The vast majority of Apple iPhone users are leaving app tracking disabled since the feature went live on April 26…
Google and Apple privacy moves fuel compliance fears
The penny seems to have finally dropped over the need for brands to increase data protection measures, but it is…