Google: International
Subscribe to Marketing Day for the very best digital marketing news, delivered each day.
Turning The Tables, Google Argues EU Must Justify More Aggressive Antitrust Stance
As part of its defiant stance against EU antitrust charges, Alphabet (Google) is arguing that there’s no basis for assessing fines against...
Safe Harbor Overthrow Creates New Data Purgatory For US, EU Companies
The SIINDA conference in Prague concluded today with a panel of European publishers and lawyers discussing a range of legal and regulatory...
Right To Be Forgotten 2.0: Better Privacy Rules Or Operational Nightmare?
Europe is effectively becoming the internet’s privacy cop, with implications for any company doing business in Europe and many outside...
Citing NSA Spying, European Court Kills Data Transfer Agreement Between EU & US
The two-year old Snowden-NSA spying revelations have fueled a growing climate of hostility toward Google, Facebook and other US tech companies...
Groundhog Day: New FTC Probe To Revisit Google’s Control Over Android
Bloomberg reported earlier this morning that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the early stages of a new investigation into Android....
Google’s Waze Trials Carpooling Service In Tel Aviv, Israel
According to the Jerusalem Post and Reuters, Google’s Waze is testing a carpool service in Israel. Named RideWith, it will match riders...
EU Gives Google More Time To Respond To Antitrust Charges – Pushes Deadline To August 17
"We have asked the European Commission for additional time to review the documents they've provided us," says Google spokesperson Al...
Study Claims Google Is Delivering “Degraded” Search Results, Adding Steam To EU Antitrust Case
Sponsored by Yelp, the study showed users were more likely to click on merit-based search results over Google's self promoted...
Getty Images Added As “Interested Third Person” In EU Antitrust Charges Against Google
Getty accuses Google of building its own image search vertical using Getty's content, while demoting Getty-owned images in search...
Google Could Face Deterrent-Sized Fines In EU Antitrust Case
European Union regulator told Google it intends to levy significant fines in case related to Google...
Google’s European President Brittin Undertakes New Charm Offensive
Google seems to be striking a more humble and conciliatory tone in Europe — out of necessity. Eric Schmidt, the primary face of Google in...
Report: Google Communications SVP Rachel Whetstone Leaves For Uber
Re/Code is reporting that Google’s SVP of Communications and Policy Rachel Whetstone is leaving for a similar role at Uber. She’ll...
Google Offers Insight Into Its Right-To-Be-Forgotten Review Process
As discussed in my companion article, it has been a year since the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) was established in Europe by the...
EU Files Antitrust “Statement Of Objections” Against Google On Shopping Search, Also Targets Android
As expected, the European Commission has filed a “Statement of Objections” against Google. These are formal antitrust charges...
Report: Google Seeking To Buy Mobile Ad Platform InMobi
According to anonymous sources (reported first by Economic Times of India), Google and India-based mobile ad network/platform InMobi are...
UK Readying 25 Percent “Google Tax”
European governments for some time have been trying to collect more tax revenue from US based tech companies. A so-called “diverted...
Russians Open Formal Antitrust Case Against Google Over Android
Reuters reported this morning that Russia’s competition regulator had formally opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s...
Google Blinks On Privacy, Agrees To Make Changes In UK
Under fire from European regulators since it consolidated its privacy policies into one in 2012, Google has maintained its privacy policy...
EU Seeks To Overcome “Loser” Digital Status With Single Market, New Taxes On U.S. Web Companies
EU digital czar Günther Oettinger is signaling that he wants to make a series of moves to level the digital playing field for European internet...
New European Digital Economy Commissioner A “Google Hawk”
Germany has been in some ways the epicenter of Google criticism in Europe. And that criticism is personified in the form of the new European...
