Tag: UK
Amazon & Google Investigated By UK Regulator Over Fake Reviews
Amazon and Google are to be investigated by the UK competition watchdog over concerns the tech companies have not done enough to tackle the widespread problem...
UK Court Rules Deliveroo Drivers Are Self-Employed
Delivery workers for British food app Deliveroo are self-employed, a UK court ruled Thursday, June 24, dismissing an appeal by a union seeking to...
UK Tells Mobile Operator Price Hikes Are Uncompetitive
UK regulators have been urged to investigate Britain’s phone operators after the largest companies announced similar rises in mobile contracts in the space of...
UK Watchdog Probes Apple & Google’s Mobile Platform Dominance
Britain’s competition regulator is investigating Apple and Google over allegations the two companies have a harmful duopoly in mobile platforms.
Between them, Apple’s iOS and...
Google Says It Will Work With UK Regulators On Tracking
According to The Verge, the UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), will collaborate with Google as it attempts to rework online...
UK Competition Regulator To Oversight Google’s Plan To Remove Browser Cookies
Britain’s competition regulator will have a say in Google’s plan to remove third-party browser cookies that track people online.
The Competition and Markets Authority said...
UK Watchdog Will Probe Amazon’s Data Use
The UK’s competition watchdog is planning a formal competition investigation into Amazon, mirroring a continuing investigation by the EU, according to three people familiar...
Six Premier League Clubs Will Pay £22m Over Breakaway
The six English football clubs that backed the European Super League will pay a combined £22 million (US$31 million) as they seek to move...
UK’s CMA Probes Ryanair & BA Over Refund Refusals
The UK competition regulator has launched enforcement cases into Ryanair and British Airways after the airlines refused to offer customers refunds for flights they...
CMA Criticized Over Plans To Combat Big Bank Dominance
According to the Financial Times, the UK’s competition regulator has been accused of “putting foxes in charge of the henhouse” after asking the banking...