California District Court on Monday denied Apple’s request to launch a class activity process that claims that the iPhone manufacturer violates competitive laws by forcing users from its devices to back up their critical files and device settings on its cloud storage, iCloud.
The complaint also accuses Apple of not allowing third -party cloud services to access certain files and prevent them from offering “full service” storage, which competes with iCloud.
US District Judge Eumi Lee had previously rejected the case, saying that the plaintiffs do not sufficiently declare a claim. The plaintiffs then presented a second changed Complaint earlier this yearAnd the judge found the new arguments enough to deny Apple’s request to reject the case.
The plaintiffs claim that Apple holds a monopoly in the cloud-based storage market for iPhones, both about revenue and using numbers.
For context, Apple allows users of their devices to support data such as photos, videos and other documents from their devices to any cloud storage of their choice, but users cannot book the core data of devices to these services, nor restore them.
In its Motion to dismissApple has defended its decision to limit third -party access to core data, including application data and device settings, citing security reasons.
“This decision of projecting was and has always been a mainstay based on security and privacy considerations, considering the sensitivity of the data required to restore the Apple device,” the company wrote.
Apple did not immediately return a request for comment.
