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Which? is today launching a landmark £3 billion legal claim against Apple, claiming the tech giant breached competition law, effectively locking millions of consumers into its iCloud service at "rip-off" prices Around 40 million Apple customers in the UK who have obtained iCloud services over

Apple must pay €13.77 billion in tax arrears and interest to Ireland after losing a long-running EU court battle with the European Commission. Both Apple and Ireland had contested the European Commission's 2016 decision that Apple had been granted unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recov

The European Commission has launched investigations into Google owner Alphabet, Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The non-compliance investigations announced yesterday will scrutinise Alphabet's rules on steering in Google Play and self-preferencing on Google Search, Apple's rules

A landmark lawsuit that accuses tech giant Apple of monopolising the smartphone market has been filed in the US. The Justice Department argues that the company abused its control of the App Store to "lock in" customers and developers.

Apple has incurred a fine of €1.8bn (£1.5bn) after an EU investigation found it limited competition from other music streaming services such as Spotify. The fine is almost four times higher than was expected, as the European Commission aims to show it will take stringent action against te

Apple is facing its first-ever EU fine of around €500 million for distorting competition in the music streaming market, according to reports. The European Commission has been investigating Apple since 2020 in connection with its rules requiring the operators of music streaming apps like Spotify

Apple is no longer facing an EU investigation over whether its imposition of its own in-app purchases system on app developers breaches competition law. The European Commission this week sent a revised statement of objections to Apple in relation to a complaint raised by music streaming service Spot

Tech giant Apple is facing a lawsuit in the US over allegations that its monopoly on contactless payments made using iPhones constitutes anti-competitive conduct. iPhone users can only make contactless payments through Apple Pay, while users of Android-powered smartphones can choose between competin

Apple abused its market dominance after misleading iPhone users with an update that actually slowed devices down, a tribunal will be told. Twenty-five million British people could become eligible for hundreds of pounds each if campaigner Justin Gutmann wins his case at the Competition Appeals Tribun

Apple is in breach of European privacy law by tracking iPhone users without their consent, privacy activist Max Schrems has said. The campaigner, who previously waged a legal war against Facebook, forcing it to change the way it transfers data, has now filed complaints to Spanish and German authorit

The European Commission has decided to appeal a court ruling that US tech giant Apple did not receive illegal state aid from Ireland and does not have to pay €14 billion in back taxes. The Commission concluded in 2016 that Ireland broke EU state aid rules by granting undue tax benefits to Apple

A lawyer responsible for insider trading compliance at technology giant Apple has been charged with insider trading offences. Gene Levoff, 45, former global head of corporate law at Apple, is facing both criminal charges and a civil lawsuit in connection with alleged offences between 2011 and 2016.

A Texas lawyer is suing Apple after its FaceTime bug allegedly allowed someone to overhear his confidential meeting with a client. Larry Williams II filed a suit in Harris County, Houston after it was revealed that the bug allowed eavesdroppers to listen in on a call on a phone or Mac before the use