Germany Considering Apple's App Tracking Transparency Changes

Germany is evaluating Apple's projected changes to code antitrust concerns implicit App Tracking Transparency (ATT), reports Reuters. Apple plans to tweak the substance and formatting of the ATT consent prompt, portion aiming to sphere the main privateness benefits of the feature.


Apple volition adhd neutral consent prompts for its ain services and for third-party apps, aligning the wording, content, and ocular plan of the messages. Apple besides plans to simplify the consent process to marque it easier for developers to get idiosyncratic support for ad-related information processing.

Germany is asking for feedback from publishers, media groups, and regulators to find if Apple's changes volition code complaints astir the constricted magnitude of idiosyncratic information disposable to app publishers.

Earlier this year, Apple said that it mightiness person to region ATT from the EU. "Intense lobbying efforts successful Germany, Italy and different countries successful Europe whitethorn unit america to retreat this diagnostic to the detriment of European consumers," Apple said.

Germany archetypal launched a probe into App Tracking Transparency successful 2022 aft complaints from advertisers, and successful February 2025, the German Federal Cartel Office preliminarily decided that Apple abused its marketplace power, giving itself preferential treatment. According to German regulators, Apple's restrictions made it "far much difficult" for developers to entree idiosyncratic information applicable for advertising.

Introduced successful 2021, App Tracking Transparency lets iPhone and iPad users determine whether to let apps to way their enactment crossed different apps and websites for advertizing purposes. Users tin take to let apps to inquire for permission, oregon crook disconnected tracking entirely.

ATT prevents apps from accessing the advertizing identifier of Apple devices without explicit user permission, truthful apps can't way what users bash and usage that information for advertisement targeting. ATT has been unpopular with advertisers and information brokers, but Apple has pledged to enactment to person Germany and different EU countries to let it to proceed to connection ATT to consumers.
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