Tag: Google
US: States ask internet search rival for evidence in Google probe
Texas's attorney general has sent the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo a demand for documents and records as part of a multi-state antitrust probe into...
Australia: Google sued by ACCC over location data collection
Australia’s competition watchdog is pursuing Google over allegations the tech giant made false or misleading claims about which personal location data it was collecting.
The...
France: Digital minister says Facebook different from Google on copyright
Facebook's refusal to pay for news in France under new legislation on the neighboring right for publishers does not have the same consequences as...
US: Alphabet to buy Fitbit?
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire US wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded market for...
US: Analysts may question Google on Antitrust investigations during earnings call
During a quarterly earnings call on Monday, October 28, financial analysts may be as interested in Google’s ongoing investigations as in reported revenue.
Reuters reported...
US: Google antitrust meeting with AGs to be held next month...
US state attorneys general probing Alphabet’s Google plan to meet next month in Colorado to discuss a probe into whether the search giant’s business...
France: Regulator accuses Google of flouting EU copyright law
France has accused American internet giant Google of ignoring “the spirit and the letter” of a Europe-wide copyright law aimed at giving publishers a...
Who’s the Daddy?
By Philip Marsden (College of Europe)1
I love babies, I love running, and I love
water…especially tides. What does any of this have to do about...
US: Judiciary Committee begins to receive documents from Apple, FaceBook, Amazon,...
Apple and three other tech giants have begun to comply with data requests from the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, which is investigating possible...
EU: Google’s antitrust appeal hearings scheduled for February
Google’s appeal against a US$2.64 billion fine for antitrust practices in the EU will be heard by a court over a three-day period in...
