Google And Apple Fined Italy Rp161 Billion For Taking Advantage Of User Data

JAKARTA - Recently, Italy has been quite tough on the manufacturing giant based in the United States (US). Not long ago he imposed a fine of 200 million euros on Amazon and Apple.

Now, Italy's antitrust regulator has again fined Apple and Google, 10 million euros each. According to the European government, Apple and Google are not transparent in collecting and using user data. That means, these companies are technically stealing user information.

Italy's antitrust regulator says that Google and Apple do not provide clear and direct information about how it collects and uses visitor data to their services.

Citing Reuters, Monday, November 29, when a user creates an account, Google sets the user up to receive transmissions or use the data for commercial purposes without further confirmation and modification.

While Apple does not give users the possibility to choose whether to use personal data for commercial purposes. In these countries, this step violates consumer rights.

Italy's anti-monopoly regulatory body also said that for such cases, a fine of 10 million euros was imposed, which is already the maximum fine in the country. Both Google and Apple they disagree with the antitrust decision and they will appeal.

"We provide industry-leading transparency and control for all users, so they can choose what information to share or not, and how it's used," Apple said, describing the regulator's views as "grossly wrong."

While Google admits it follows "fair and transparent practices to provide services that are useful to users, and provide clear information about their use," he said.