The Italian Antitrust "has established that the two companies have each violated the Consumer Code twice, the first by not providing enough information (to its customers, editor's note), the second for aggressive practices in the use of consumer data for commercial purposes, "a statement read.
Recalling that the two digital giants collect information from their customers, the Antitrust "established that neither Google nor Apple provided clear and immediate information on the acquisition and use of their users' data for the purposes of commercial ", according to the same source.
Regarding the second violation, the competition policeman denounces "an aggressive practice" on the part of the two companies.
Google, for example, is accused of pre-installing in the phase of creating an account "the user's acceptance of the transfer and use of their own data for commercial purposes".
This "pre-activation allows the transfer and use of data by Google (...) without the need for other passages during which the user could confirm or modify his choice," said the press release.
"In the case of Apple, the promotional activity is based on a modality of acquisition of the agreement on the use of the data for commercial purposes without providing for the consumer the possibility of choosing before concerning the sharing of his own data, "continues Antitrust.
Apple had already been fined more than 134 million euros this week in Italy Chris DELMAS AFP / Archives
This independent authority had already imposed on Tuesday a heavy fine, 200 million euros, on Amazon and Apple, including more than 134 million to the latter, for having restricted access to the Amazon platform of certain resellers of Apple products.
The countries of the European Union have increased financial sanctions against American and Chinese digital heavyweights in recent months, in an effort to better regulate their activities.
In May, the Italian Antitrust had imposed a fine of 102 million euros on Google for abuse of a dominant position, calling into question its refusal to accept on its Google Play platform a third-party application making it possible to find charging stations for electric cars.
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