The watchdog said Apple penalised third-party app developers by imposing “a more restrictive privacy policy” than it applies to itself, from April 2021.
Furthermore, external app developers are disadvantaged “in terms of the quality of the data made available by Apple,” the AGCM said in its statement.
In an emailed statement to Reuters, Apple said it applies privacy rules “equally to all developers, including Apple”.
According to the Italian watchdog, users of non-Apple apps have more visible and more strongly worded prompts to block data tracking.
