Google is objecting to a fine issued by Belgium’s privacy watchdog, the latest for alleged violations from a European privacy regulator. The Data Protection Authority (DPA), a Brussels-based independent agency established to ensure the protection of personal data, fined the technology giant a record 600,000...
Google, trying to meet regulators halfway, offered to pledge not to use fitness data to help it target ads in its purchase of Fitbit, Reuters reported. The offer, according to Reuters, would help Google win over EU antitrust authorities in what has been a contentious...
Starting next month, Google will ban ads for products or services that secretly track people, the global technology company announced on Friday (July 10). “We constantly evaluate and update our ad policies to ensure we are protecting users,” Google said in a statement. “We routinely...
The pressure is on as European Union (EU) antitrust regulators get ready to rule by July 20 on whether to approve Google’s $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit, the California fitness tracker company, amidst concerns over competition. There’s a new wrinkle in completing the deal. Unless...
A recent survey found when it comes to communicating with a merchant, 75 percent of consumers prefer private messaging over traditional channels, according to Conversocial, the New York provider of customer service software. Text messaging has become such a valuable way to connect with customers,...
Google is ramping up its small business offerings in India with newly bundled digital services and a system to let financial institutions offer business loans through the Google Pay app. The campaign, called the Grow with Google Small Business Hub in India, was announced in...
Google‘s U.S. ad revenue is about to take a fall due to the decline in spending from many companies tightening their belts during the pandemic, Reuters reports. An eMarketer report on Monday (June 22) shows a drop of 5.3 percent, the search engine giant’s first...
Google will be trying to help businesses hawk their wares with new square-shaped “Promoted” pins on Google Maps, denoting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to the tech giant’s annual Google Marketing Live conference. The point of the square-shaped colorful pin is to be eye-catching...
On Friday night (June 5) Google Assistant, the artificial intelligence–powered virtual assistant for mobile and smart home devices, was updated to include doorbell and clothes styler devices, which will soon be available widely, reported 9To5Google. Last month, the Google-focused , online news service reported that...
