Reuters reports NOYB filed complaints with data protection authorities in Spain and Berlin against Apple for alleged violations of the ePrivacy Directive. The nonprofit group claims Apple's Identifier for Advertisers, a code that is used for targeted advertising purposes, functions similarly to a cookie and is placed on the user's device without their consent.
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