# Apple ordered to change app data consent prompts on iPhones and iPads

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/apple-ordered-to-change-app-data-consent-prompts-on-iphones-and-ipads/
- Published: 2026-08-17T15:10:25+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/980977/apple-app-tracking-transparency-settlement-germany
- Topics: Art, Culture, Europe, Gadgets, Software, Technology, World

## Summary

Apple's changing its rules for data collection consent prompts after Germany's Federal Cartel Office accused Apple of giving the prompts a design that favored its own apps. Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompts reportedly cost social media apps nearly $10 billion when they launched with iOS 14.5, making cross-app tracking of users largely opt in. But…

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