European Digital Services Act (DSA)
This page includes information relevant to the EU Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC) (the DSA).
Designated Point of Contact
Pursuant to Articles 11 and 12 of the DSA, the Head of DSA Compliance has been designated as Apple’s point of contact for communications with Member State authorities, the European Commission, the European Board for Digital Services, and recipients of the service. Such communications should be in English.
Notice and Action Portal
Pursuant to Article 16 of the DSA, government representatives, trusted flaggers, and the general public can use the Notice and Action portal to submit notices concerning illegal content on the App Store, Apple Books (ebooks), Apple Podcasts Subscriptions, and iCloud storage.
App Store Advertising Repository
Pursuant to Article 39 of the DSA, this repository contains information about Apple-delivered advertising on the App Store in European Union countries and regions.
View the Apple Advertising Repository
Redress Options
Under the DSA, recipients of the App Store, Apple Books (ebooks) and Apple Podcasts Subscriptions services are entitled to receive information about available redress options in connection with certain decisions taken by Apple.
Learn more about redress options
DSA Transparency Report
Pursuant to Articles 15, 24, and 42 of the DSA and Apple’s commitment to transparency, this report provides information on App Store operations.
See the DSA Transparency Report | App Store | October 2023
See the DSA Transparency Report | App Store | April 2024
See the DSA Transparency Report | App Store | August 2024
European Recipients of Services Report
In accordance with Article 24(2) of the DSA, the recipients of the services report includes the numbers of average monthly active recipients in the EU of intermediary services within the scope of that Article, calculated as an average over the period of the past six months.
DSA Risk Assessment
Pursuant to Articles 34 and 35 of the DSA, this report sets out the results of Apple’s annual assessment of the systemic risks stemming from the design, function or use of the App Stores in the EU, as well as its assessment of the risk mitigation measures that it has put in place to address those risks.
See the DSA risk assessment | App Store | August 2023
DSA Audit Report
Pursuant to Article 37 of the DSA, this report sets out the results of the annual independent audit of the App Store’s Chapter III DSA obligations.
See the DSA audit report | App Store | August 2024
DSA Audit Implementation report
Pursuant to Article 37(6) of the DSA, this report sets out the measures that Apple has taken to implement the operational recommendations (referred to as “specific measures”) set out in the August 2024 DSA audit report.
See the DSA audit implementation report | App Store | August 2024