Italy Fines Apple for Misleading Consumers
Italy's anti-trust authority said Tuesday it was imposing a 900,000-euro ($1.2-million) fine on U.S. tech giant Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and guarantees for its products.
"Sanctions of a total of 900,000 euros have been imposed on the Apple group after it was found responsible for bad commercial practices that harmed consumers," the agency said in a statement.
Apple had given "unclear information on payments for additional assistance offered to consumers" and the company had not "fully implemented the two-year guarantee by the producer," it added.
European antitrust officials earlier this month launched a probe to determine whether Apple and five international publishers struck illegal deals to fix the price of e-books in Europe.
Apple has also come under pressure from a bitter global legal battle with South Korean electronics giant Samsung, which accuses the U.S. giant of infringing four of its patents with the iPhone.
Apple reported a record net profit of $6.62 billion (5.06 billion euros) in the third quarter of this year.
Source: Agence France Presse
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