Certainly, it seems that alllegislatorsof the planet intend to slow down Apple in its momentum which is already making itone of the greatest powers in the world economy. In fact, just two days latera final twist in the affair between him and the United States, the company that manufactures the iPhone is once again being singled out for its behavior towards other companies operating in the same sectors of activity.
This time, it's still happening in Europe, with Germany, and more precisely theFederal Cartel Office. This national institution is responsible for ensuring that competition between the different players in the tech market remains fair.
Limit data collection to better protect
It was Andreas Mundt, the president of the organization since 2009, who granted an exchange to a center-right daily published in his capital. We learn that according to him, companies like Facebook, Amazon,Appleand Google being the queens of data collection, this strategy must be more controlled. Such an operation could take place in several ways:
- capitalize on theGDPRto verify that the right to portability of our personal information is respected (understand for example that it is important to give you the choice to leave iOS for Android easily)
- minimize the amount of data on our private lives that American multinationals save (on this side,Apple seems to be a better student than the others)
- open up this data more to competitors so that they can access it more freely and thus have a chance to influence large groups (for example, allow developers publishing their applications on theApp Storeto target us as well as Apple does with its own apps)
If the discussions between those who write the laws in Germany are successful, we could therefore see new texts approved by the deputies to directly slow down the profits of Silicon Valley firms.like Microsoft. And other countries, like France, are following suit.
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By : Keleops AG
