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Google Shopping Rivals Question EU Rule Compliance
Google // November 26, 2018

Shopping comparison website operators sent a letter to the European Union’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager late last week contending that Google isn’t complying with a ruling by the EU in regards to how it should display shopping services. According to a report in CNET citing...

Trump Administration ‘Taking a Look’ At Google
Google // August 28, 2018

The Washington Post reports that, amid a number of other controversies and regulatory actions and examinations fixated on Google, the Trump administration is, in the words of economic adviser Larry Kudlow, “taking a look” at the prospect of regulating Google and its eponymous search engine....

EU Antitrust Head Says Google Breakup Threat Needs To Remain
International // March 26, 2018

The European Union’s antitrust head Margrethe Vestager won’t rule out breaking up Google, saying the EU has “grave suspicions” about its dominance in Internet search. Reuters, citing comments Vestager made to the U.K.’s Telegraph, reported Vestager said the ability to break Google up has to...

Google, Unshackled By FTC Agreement, Still Won’t Scrape
Google // December 28, 2017

Google said in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday (Dec. 27) that it will continue to allow websites to opt out from their data being scraped and displayed in its search results, despite the expiration of their commitment to do so....

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Google Adds Pro-Privacy Search Engines

March 13, 2019
Google has expanded its users’ choice of search products, with pro-privacy rival DuckDuckGo benefiting the most. According to reports, Google has “quietly” updated its default search engine lists, expanding them to include pro-privacy search engines in 60 markets around the world. These search engines are considered rivals to Google. The changes came with the Chromium […]

Google Shopping Rivals Question EU Rule Compliance

November 26, 2018
Shopping comparison website operators sent a letter to the European Union’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager late last week contending that Google isn’t complying with a ruling by the EU in...

EU Antitrust Head Says Google Breakup Threat Needs To Remain

March 26, 2018
The European Union’s antitrust head Margrethe Vestager won’t rule out breaking up Google, saying the EU has “grave suspicions” about its dominance in Internet search. Reuters, citing comments Vestager made...

Google, Unshackled By FTC Agreement, Still Won’t Scrape

December 28, 2017
Google said in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday (Dec. 27) that it will continue to allow websites to opt out from their data being scraped...