Germany investigates Apple’s anti- • Table.Briefings

Is Apple applying double standards in its favor when it comes to customer privacy? The German Federal Cartel Office launched an official investigation on Monday. The reason: While the company cuts off its competitors from customer data, it still has all access to the data. Damages could range in the billions of lost advertising revenue.

The new investigation is part of a whole series of other antitrust cases involving Apple’s iron-fisted control over its own ecosystem. The App Store is a persistent point of contention, as the US corporation does not just decide who is allowed to install its apps on the iPhone and iPad and who is not. Particularly disputed are the interferences in money flows. Apple charges a fee for most of the sales that app developers make.

Germany investigates Apple’s anti-tracking policy

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