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\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen at the entrance to the Apple store in Brussels, Belgium November 28, 2022. REUTERS\/Yves Herman<\/span>
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By Alvise Armellini and Elvira Pollina<\/p>\n

ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market.<\/p>\n

The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing “a more restrictive privacy policy” than it applies to itself, from April 2021.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, external app developers are disadvantaged “in terms of the quality of the data made available by Apple,” the AGCM said in its statement.<\/p>\n

In an emailed statement to Reuters, Apple said it applies privacy rules “equally to all developers, including Apple”. <\/p>\n

“We will continue to engage constructively with the AGCM to address any of their questions,” the company added.<\/p>\n

Under European Union competition law, companies found guilty of abuse of market dominance risk a fine of up to 10% of annual turnover.<\/p>\n

Apple and other U.S. tech giants have come under repeated scrutiny from European regulators.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the European Commission said it was seeking more information on Apple’s mobile payment system as part of an ongoing antitrust case against the iPhone maker. <\/p>\n

ITALIAN CASE<\/p>\n

According to the Italian watchdog, users of non-Apple apps have more visible and more strongly worded prompts to block data tracking.<\/p>\n

Third-party app developers are also offered less comprehensive information about the success of their ad campaigns, the AGCM said.<\/p>\n

“Apple’s alleged discriminatory conduct may cause a fall in advertising revenues for third-party advertisers, to the benefit of Apple’s commercial division,” the authority said.<\/p>\n

This may drive competitors away from the app development and distribution market, benefitting Apple’s internal apps, mobile devices and iOS operating system, it added.<\/p>\n

In 2021, e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) was handed a fine by the AGCM for alleged abuse of a dominant position in the Italian market to favour the adoption of its own logistics service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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