As expected, last week, the European Commission announced the initiation of an investigation against Apple, Google, and the Spot for the breach of the alleged Act of the Markets, the Digital (DMA). The procedure will take a maximum of twelve (12) months. Upon completion, the companies may receive a fine of up to ten (10) percent of the annual revenue of the global.
They started five of the investigation, and the other two of the possible
DMA was used entirely as of the date the 7th of march. The seven portierët, they have introduced a few changes to the respect for the law, but some of the methods have been criticized by rivals, and how it will be self-sufficient and the user. Although workshops for the observance of the rules are still in progress, the European Commission has decided to open five of the investigation against Apple, Google, and the Spot, but the other two can be added in the coming weeks.
In two investigations, the first are associated with the so-called primary and against the management. According to the Commission, Apple, and Google, have also placed limits and restrictions to be different, and how you want to inform the user about the existence of a price-lowest out of the mall. The two companies have entered the tariff to the new, that is not allowed by the DMA.
An investigation of the third parties will need to establish whether Google has violated the law by giving the priority to the service of his own in the search results, thus damaging those of the competitors. The examination of the fourth, and went forth against Apple because it does not allow you to uninstall the applications pre-installed, change the interfaces settings to the default iOS and select the interfaces, a browser and a search engine.
Ultimately, it is the examination of the fifth has to do with the Meta, and the model of the “pay or consent” of the present on Facebook and Instagram. According to the Commission on the subscription, which eliminates the ads do not comply with the DMA, when the consent of the users for the use of their personal data should also be free of charge (Spot) has proposed a reduction in the cost 5.99 € /month). Information was sought on the same subject, under the Law, for Services to the Digital.
The commission may launch two investigations, and other, which are currently being collected in the documentation. The first has to do with Amazon and the self-preference of the potential of its products. In the second part of it has to do with the Apple, and the new regulations, which provide the committees on the use of the shop alternative methods of payment by a third party, including a notorious and technology-based.
In the end, the Commission is given Metës the six months to fulfil the obligation in the interaction with the Facebook Messenger. Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon said that they respected the DMA, but I will continue to work constructively with the Commission.
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