France’s antitrust watchdog fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) on Monday over a privacy feature that protects users from apps snooping on them because its introduction resulted in abuse of competition law.

Apple was hit with a 150 million euro ($162.4 million) fine by French antitrust regulators on Monday for abusing its dominant position in mobile app advertising on its devices via a privacy control tool.

France's antitrust regulatory agency fined Apple millions of dollars for how its digital framework negatively impacted online advertising via third-party pop-ups on Apple's iOS and iPadOS operating systems.