Big tech fines in 2020

Apple agreed to a US class-action settlement of up to $500M, roughly $25 per affected iPhone, over the same undisclosed performance throttling.

France's competition authority fined Apple over anticompetitive agreements with premium resellers that froze the reseller market and kept prices aligned. On appeal the fine was cut to €372M.

Thirty-four US states settled claims over the hidden iPhone throttling, separate from the consumer class action.

The CNIL fined Google for placing advertising cookies on users' devices without prior consent and without adequate information.

The CNIL fined Amazon for placing advertising cookies on amazon.fr visitors' devices without consent or adequate information.

France's DGCCRF fined Apple for failing to tell consumers that iOS updates could slow older iPhones to manage aging batteries, part of the wider Batterygate episode.

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