Apple has begun alerting its Italian customers that they have a right to a two-year warranty on Apples products as provided by Italian law. The move comes after Apple was issued a $1.2 million fine for allegedly misleading customers—the court decision documenting Apples violation is now linked directly from the store.apple.it page. Italys Consumer Code provides all Italian customers with a two-year warranty that covers products that were defective at the time of sale. In December, Italys Antitrust Authority accused Apple of obscuring this fact by pushing its own AppleCare Protection Plans, which extend coverage beyond the company-provided one year to three years. The court decision linked from the Italian Store page details how Apple must change its marketing language for its AppleCare Protection Plans to reflect the existence of the two-year consumer code warranty. Directly linking the document, which also details the fines Apple had to pay, is an oddly transparent move by the c
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