Apple fined $1.2M in Italy over AppleCare Protection Plan
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Apple has been fined $1.2 million or €900,000 by the Italian antitrust body. The fine came because Apple is pushing customers to its AppleCare Protection Plan to extend their warranty for two years on Apple gadgets. The rub for the Italian antitrust body came in that Apple was not adequately disclosing the fact that law in Italy requires Apple to protect the devices for two years.
That means that any Italian customer who bought AppleCare plan didn’t need it for two years of coverage. Italian law specifically requires two years of free support to customers. The fines were levied against three Italian Apple divisions including Apple Italia, Apple Sales International, and Apple Retail Italia. The fine is broken down into two payments.
via [ slashgear ]
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