Google: Legal
Google hit with largest-ever $5 billion antitrust penalty in Android case
The fine could have reached $11 billion, according to EU regulation guidelines....
Third-party app store owner files EU complaint about being blocked by Google
Google says there is significant risk from apps from third-party app stores....
Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week
Reports speculate that Google will be forced to decouple Google Play access from app pre-install rules, clearing the way for new "default"...
Google updates ‘Ad Settings’ to allow users to turn off targeting signals
Google is also extending 'Why this ad?' notices to all services that display Google Ads, including YouTube, Google Play, Gmail, Maps and partner...
Google holds an AMA-style meeting with dozens of publishers on GDPR
We have obtained the follow up letter Google sent to publishers who...
Yelp asks Europe to take new antitrust action against Google
Complaint to European Commission applies the logic of the Shopping Search case to local...
How to survive Google’s new local search world
Google has made some significant changes in the area of local search. Contributor Wesley Young gives an overview of the important changes and...
60 Minutes segment: Google is a monopoly without question
The segment promotes an image of the company as thuggish and market-manipulating....
Australian privacy regulators examining Google’s Android location-data collection
An Oracle report accuses the company of improperly tracking user location without consent....
Google issues updated GDPR guidance to publishers on how to gain consent from users
Despite publishers' claims that some of Google's policies are self-serving, the company asserts it is in line with...
7 ways protections for online content are being eroded
Recent changes to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act raise questions about how safe from liability publishers will continue to be for...
Consumer groups file FTC complaint against YouTube for collecting kids’ personal data without parental consent
Twenty-three consumer watchdog groups say Google is not making any effort to comply with...
Oracle’s $9 billion Java lawsuit against Google back from the dead
Appeals court said that Google violated Oracle's...
Senate Judiciary Committee asks CEOs of Facebook, Google, Twitter to testify on privacy
Despite the outrage, it's unlikely that Congress will actually do anything....
Anti-sex trafficking law opposed by many internet companies likely to pass this week
The controversy surrounds the repeal of legal immunity for online publishers....
Report: France suing Google, Apple over mobile developer contract terms
Seeking to curb 'abusive trade practices,' the country will seek heavy...
Google’s antitrust infringement continues ‘unabated’, Google Shopping competitors tell European Commission
Four months in, 19 rivals say too little has...
A new era: Mobile-location tracking, user consent and government surveillance
A US Supreme Court case being heard this week will determine if police need a warrant to access mobile user location history....
CSEs will compete head-on with Google Shopping in EU search results
To provide "equal treatment" in the ad auction, Google Shopping will operate as a separate business unit bidding against Comparison Shopping...
Gab.ai sues Google after removal from Play store for hate-speech violations
Social network created as 'safe space for the alt-right' claims Google abused its market power....