Apple receives statement of objections from French regulator over advertising
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France's competition agency, the AutoritÃ© de la concurrence, said on Tuesday that it has issued a statement of objections over Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and its discriminatory practices for using user data for advertising on iOS devices.
"Apple is accused of having abused its dominant position by implementing discriminatory, non-objective and non-transparent conditions for the use of user data for advertising purposes," the agency wrote in a translated statement.

As a result of the statement, the agency is now going to do a full antitrust procedure, which will allow Apple (AAPL) to exercise its "rights of defense," the agency added.
Apple (AAPL) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Apple (AAPL) shares rose 0.6% in early Tuesday trading.