Apple tracked users without their consent and deserves to be fined €6 million, according to a top advisor to France's data privacy watchdog.The move hurt Facebook as well other smaller businesses and app developers since it prevented them from using the data to serve users with targeted adverts.- Apple's anti-ad-tracking iPhone feature took a '$10bn' chunk out of social network revenues- Apple sued for collecting user data despite opt-outs- Meta accused of breaking the law by secretly tracking iPhone users- Apple patched critical flaws in macOS Monterey but not in Big Sur nor CatalinaApple's head of privacy, Gary Davis, disagreed and said any sanctions ordered by CNIL should be decreased and be made private.In October, a €1.1 billion fine ($1.15 billion), the largest of its kind ever issued by the Autorité de la Concurrence - France's antitrust body - against Apple was slashed to just €372 million ($392 million).The fine was decreased after courts dropped the charges claiming Apple conspired with distributors Tech Data and Ingram Micro to fix the prices of some Apple devices."