Tech fines in Italy

Italy's AGCM found that Amazon tied key seller benefits, such as the Prime badge and better visibility, to using its own logistics service (FBA), disadvantaging rival logistics providers. The administrative court upheld that finding in 2025 but struck the penalty uplift, and the AGCM cut the fine from €1.128B to €752.4M.

Italy's competition authority found that Apple abused its dominant position in app distribution on iOS through its App Tracking Transparency policy, in force since April 2021. Because the ATT prompt does not meet EU privacy-law consent requirements on its own, third-party developers had to ask users for consent twice for the same purpose.

Italy's Garante alleged that ChatGPT was trained on personal data without an adequate legal basis, failed transparency obligations, did not report a March 2023 breach, and lacked age verification for minors. In March 2026 the Court of Rome annulled the fine on procedural grounds, not because the practices were ruled lawful.

Italy's AGCM fined Apple for misleading marketing about iPhone water resistance and for refusing warranty service on water-damaged phones.