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.