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🇪🇺 Phonegate Alert files EU court action to lift secrecy on iPhone 12 compliance documents

October 24, 2026 (EMFS)
Oct 20, 2026 (original)
Source: Phonegate Alert
Source category: Advocacy/NGO
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Phonegate Alert filed an annulment action at the EU General Court on 19 October 2026 against a European Commission decision of 10 August 2026 that keeps part of the iPhone 12 non-compliance file secret. Of 106 documents across 68 files, several remain inaccessible or redacted to protect Apple's commercial interests. At issue are the on-board sensors and algorithms that can alter a phone's transmitted power, including during specific absorption rate testing. The group argues these are documents on emissions into the environment, which under Regulation 1367/2006 cannot be withheld on commercial grounds.
Note: Phonegate Alert (Alerte Phonegate) is a French advocacy organisation working on mobile phone radiation testing and transparency. It is the applicant in this case, so the account of the filing and the legal arguments is the organisation's own.

Quotes (our translation)

"Phonegate Alert will not let trade secrecy bury the Phonegate. The health of millions of European citizens demands genuinely independent and transparent controls. It is now for the European courts to rule."

[original: "Alerte Phonegate ne laissera pas le secret des affaires enterrer le Phonegate. La santé de millions de citoyens européens exige des contrôles réellement indépendants et transparents. C’est désormais à la justice européenne de se prononcer."]

— Jean-Paul Huard

"At the heart of the dispute: the on-board sensors and associated algorithms capable of altering the transmitted power of smartphones, including during SAR testing."

[original: "Au cœur du litige : les capteurs embarqués et algorithmes associés capables de modifier la puissance d’émission des smartphones, y compris pendant les essais DAS."]

— Phonegate Alert

"Despite the many redacted passages, they highlight the difficulties encountered by the surveillance authority during its checks and its dependence on the manufacturer's proprietary tools."

[original: "Malgré les nombreux passages occultés, ils mettent en lumière les difficultés rencontrées par l’autorité de surveillance lors des contrôles et sa dépendance aux outils propriétaires du fabricant."]

— Phonegate Alert

"In its view, Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 and the case law of the Court of Justice prohibit invoking the protection of commercial interests against the disclosure of such information, which is of overriding public interest."

[original: "Selon elle, le règlement (CE) n° 1367/2006 et la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice interdisent d’opposer la protection des intérêts commerciaux à la divulgation de telles informations, qui présentent un intérêt public supérieur."]

— Phonegate Alert

Location

📍 European Union

Map: European Union

Source

Alerte Phonegate attaque la Commission européenne en justice pour faire lever le secret sur l’iPhone 12 phonegatealert.org

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