Apple Fined $162 Million by France for Violation Over Privacy Tool

Apple was hit with a 150 million euro ($162.4 million) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant position in mobile app advertising on its devices via a privacy control tool.

The fine – the first by any antitrust regulator over Apple’s App Tracking Transparency tool – comes a year after the European Union hit the company with a 1.8 billion euro antitrust fine for thwarting rival music streaming services on its App Store.

Read more at Reuters.