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Mobile apps' 'forced' accounts prompt French privacy watchdog to seek EU antitrust input

By Matthew Newman ( November 20, 2024, 18:05 GMT | Insight) -- The French privacy watchdog says it has asked EU competition enforcers to look at how to deal with mobile web apps that force users to create accounts to access their services, such as buying movie tickets. The CNIL wants to work with European regulators to take account of competition issues with platforms' "walled gardens," a senior official said today.The French privacy watchdog says it has asked EU competition enforcers to look at how to deal with mobile web apps that force users to create accounts to access their services, such as buying movie tickets....

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