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Furthermore, the disclaimer that &#8220;The guarantee does not cover damage caused by liquids&#8221; was deemed misleading for consumers as it does not indicate which type of guarantee it referred to, nor was it deemed capable of adequately contextualizing the conditions and the limitations of the claims relating to water resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The second violation contested by the Italian Antitrust Authority concerns the post-sales phase, when Apple refused to provide warranty assistance for the seemingly waterproof iPhone models that were damaged by water or other liquids. This conduct would have hindered the exercise by consumers of the rights in the field of warranty recognized by the Italian Consumer Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Misleading advertising and promotional messages regarding the water resistance of certain iPhone models The Italian Antitrust Authority sanctioned Apple for 10 million euros for two unfair commercial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple sanctioned for 10 million euros for unfair commercial practices - Libra Claims | Risarcimento danni<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/libra.claims\/en\/apple-sanctioned-for-10-million-euros-for-unfair-commercial-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple sanctioned for 10 million euros for unfair commercial practices - 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