EU forces Apple to neutralize iPhone data prompts to level the playing field for third-party apps

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Germany’s Bundeskartellamt says Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompts steer users away from third‑party data sharing; Apple has four months to redesign the prompts to a neutral design, which would apply across the EU and allow combining Apple’s prompts with other data-consent prompts, potentially shifting access for third-party apps.
- Apple ordered to stop scaring iPhone and iPad users away from third-party apps The Verge
- Apple to change app data consent rules, German regulator says Reuters
- Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU 9to5Mac
- Apple alters its anti-tracking device after pressure from Germany, EU Yahoo
- Apple faces four-month deadline to redesign ATT prompt in Germany PPC Land
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