(Reuters) – Australias competition regulator on Tuesday stated it would look into using and sharing of data by apps and the degree of competitors between Apple Incs and Googles app shops.
It will likewise take a look at whether more prices transparency is needed in Australias mobile apps market.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is “thinking about how data is utilized and shared in the app environment, consisting of the data readily available to Google and Apple as a result of their control of the significant app shops,” Delia Rickard, the commissions deputy chair, said in a statement.
Business practices of U.S tech giants have come under examination globally however Australian regulators have been amongst the most aggressive in attempting to check their reach. Australia is set to become the very first nation to make Facebook Inc and Alphabet Incs Google spend for news sourced from regional providers under a royalty-style system.
Google and Apple representatives did not immediately react to requests for comment.
The commissions organized customer survey on app purchases and usage becomes part of a five-year query which will produce reports every 6 months analyzing markets for the supply of digital platform services in Australia.
A last report is expected in March 2021.
( Reporting by Rashmi Ashok in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Sameer Manekar and Aditya Munjuluru; Editing by Edwina Gibbs).
