21.12.2012 19:05 Uhr, Quelle: MacNN

Apple hit with 200,000 euro fine in Italian AppleCare case

Italian regulators have issued Apple a final fine of 200,000 euros, or about $264,000, over the company's handling of AppleCare warranties, reports say. Although the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato notes that Apple has since fixed its warranty policies, it states that between March 28th and November 10th, the company was continuing to fraudulently suggest that an AppleCare plan was needed for two years of warranty coverage, when in reality local laws guarantee that as a minimum. Apple was fined 900,000 euros ($1.2 million) in March when the Italian government began cracking

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