Tag: Data
Antitrust & Data Protection Discussed At FTC Senate Hearing
The five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission testified together before a Senate panel for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday,...
Amazon Continues To Investigate Employee Use of Third-Party Data
Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive of Amazon, said the company continues to investigate the allegations behind a Wall Street Journal article in April that detailed...
Facebook Gains Court Reprieve On EU Antitrust Data Request
Facebook has won the first round of its court battle against what it claims are excessive demands from European Union antitrust regulators after Europe’s...
Google’s Data Collection On Competing Apps Raises New Antitrust Concerns
According to The Information, the “Android Lockbox” keeps track of basic app stats like launch frequency and session duration, as well as usage at...
EU Halts Fiat, Peugeot Probe As Regulators Await Data
EU antitrust regulators have suspended their investigation into Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA’s proposed merger while waiting for the carmakers to provide requested...
EU To Restart Hyundai-Daewoo Probe Once Data Is Provided
The European Union’s antitrust regulator announced Sunday, July 19, it will resume its investigation into the merger of two South Korean shipbuilders if information...
EU Ruling Limits Personal Data Transfer To The US
In a surprise win for privacy advocates, the European Court of Justice has ruled companies will face restrictions on storing information about European Union...
CoreLogic Rejects $7B Takeover Bid
Property data and analytics company CoreLogic rejected an unsolicited US$7 billion takeover offer from two investment firms on Tuesday, July 7, claiming it expected...
Google Will Cut Off Publishers In EU From Ads Over Data...
Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online...
France Upholds Google Data Protection Fine
French court upholds earlier €50 million (US$56.3 million) penalty on Google for failing to obtain Android users’ consent to use their personal data for...
