German firms file antitrust complaint against Apple

A group of German tech and media companies filed an antitrust complaint Monday against Apple over the US company’s enhanced privacy feature they say will deprive them of advertising revenue.

“I can confirm we have received the complaint which we are now examining,” a spokesman for Germany’s Federal Cartel Office told AFP.

Among the parties to the complaint are Germany’s largest industry associations representing newspaper and magazine publishers, IT firms and advertising agencies.

From this week, Apple will require app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so.