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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...
Love, Not War: Microsoft & Google End Patent Suits
Yesterday Google and Microsoft agreed to dismiss multiple patent lawsuits against one another. While the settlement terms were not disclosed,...
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 Sues SEO Firm For Making False Partnership Claims In Illegal Robocalls
After demanding the false claims and robocalls stop more than a year ago, Google brings legal action against the...
Google’s Android Rules Found To Violate Russian Competition Law
Prompted by a complaint from Russian search engine Yandex, in February, Russia’s competition regulator opened an antitrust investigation...
Anticipating Antitrust Decision, European Firms Get Ready To Sue Google
Sensing an opportunity if the European Commission (EC) decides Google abused its market position in shopping search, a European law firm and a...
Europe Widens Antitrust Probe Of Google Around Ad Contracts, Content Scraping
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that The European Commission (EC) is expanding its antitrust probe of Google. Currently, the EC is in...
Why Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter & Others Should Collaborate: A Proposition For An Online Reputation Issues Clearinghouse
Columnist Chris Silver Smith explains why collaboration among internet companies is key as online reputation attacks proliferate and the costs...
Nearly Every Google AdSense Publisher Must Comply With EU Cookie Consent, Not Just Those Based In The EU
Even publishers based in other countries must get user consent to collect data if they get visitors from EU countries....
Google Wins Against Plaintiffs Who Argued Data Mingling Violated Privacy Rights
The case of In re Google, Inc. Privacy Policy Litigation has been going on since 2012. It has a long and tortured history, having come back from...
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...
Another “Market Abuse” Android Complaint Filed Against Google In Europe
According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) app developer Disconnect Inc. has formally complained to European regulators that Google is abusing...
[Report] European Mobile Carriers Consider Targeting Google By Blocking Mobile Ads
Move would block online and app ads with the aim of getting Google and other digital media companies to share in network infrastructure...
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...
Google Hopes To Buy EU Publisher Goodwill With $150M Digital News Initiative
In London today Google has announced a new $150 million Digital News Initiative (DNI). It’s officially intended to help European...
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...
