A group led by activist Max Schrems on Monday filed complaints in Germany and Spain over the firm's online tracking tool.

由活動家馬克斯-施萊姆斯上司的一個團體週一在德國和西班牙對該公司的在線跟蹤工具提出了投訴。

Schrems is known for winning two landmark legal cases against Facebook.

施萊姆斯因贏得兩起針對Facebook的標誌性法律案件而聞名。

Now his group says iPhones are storing users data without their consent.

現在，他的集團表示，iPhone在未經用戶同意的情況下存儲用戶數據。

There was no immediate comment on the news from Apple, but the tech giant maintains that it offers users a superior level of privacy protection.

蘋果公司沒有立即對這一消息發表評論，但這家科技巨頭堅持認為，它為用戶提供了更高級別的隱私保護。

The complaint center on a tracking code that is automatically generated on every iPhone when it is set up.

投訴的中心是每部iPhone在設置時都會自動生成一個跟蹤代碼。

That allows Apple and advertisers to track the user's online behavior vital in allowing the likes off Facebook to target advertising.

這使得蘋果和廣告商可以跟蹤用戶的在線行為至關重要，允許喜歡的人關閉Facebook的目標廣告。

But the activists say that is a clear breach off the E.

但活動家說，這明顯違反了E。

U's E privacy directive, which requires consent before the installation and use off such a code.

U's E隱私指令，需要在安裝和使用關閉這樣的代碼之前獲得同意。

Apple had plan to tighten privacy rules in its latest operating system, IOS 14, but the change has been delayed until early next year, and activists say the new rules won't solve the problem anyway.

蘋果曾計劃在最新的作業系統IOS 14中收緊隱私規則，但這一改變被延後到了明年年初，活動人士表示，新規則無論如何也解決不了問題。

They would only restrict third party access to data, not apples.

他們只會限制第三方對數據的訪問，而不是蘋果。

Now, the activists say they want to establish a clear precedent that tracking should be the exception, not the rule.

現在，活動人士說，他們希望建立一個明確的先例，即跟蹤應該是例外，而不是規則。

National regulators also have the power to fine Apple if they decide that it breached the privacy directive.

如果國家監管機構認定蘋果公司違反了隱私指令，也有權對其進行罰款。