Posts tagged Inquiry
Europe Giving Google Mixed Signals: EU Hands Out Antitrust Questionnaire, Italy Closes Inquiry
Jan 18th
There is a lot of money being spent by European governments investigating Google right now. Italy has just closed their investigation but the European Union is doing a wide spread inquiry with a 120 question survey out to various industries and companies.
Italy closed their 16 month investigation into complaints from newspaper publishers with a more transparent agreement, Network World reported. “Under the new agreement content producers will be allowed to monitor the number of clicks on links to their websites, so as to keep track of Google’s earnings and their own entitlement.”
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FTC Ends Google WiFi Inquiry, No Penalties Announced
Oct 27th
Satisfied with Google’s recent emphasis on improving user privacy practices, the FTC has ended its investigation into Google’s collection of personal data earlier this year via its Street View photography service. The commission is not penalizing Google for what happened.
In a letter to Google attorneys dated October 27, 2010, David Vladeck of the FTC’s Bureau [...]
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Texas launches first US competition inquiry into Google – Vertical Leap News (press release)
Sep 7th
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Texas launches first US competition inquiry into Google
Vertical Leap News (press release) … pages (SERPs) is generally considered to be the fault of either poor search engine optimisation or winning SEO on the behalf of a keyword competitor. … Why does Texas have Google in court? |
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Google “Confident” On Potential In-Depth EU Antitrust Inquiry
Jul 8th
The EU is taking anti-competitive allegations regarding the search industry with great attention but Google said it is “confident” is has a “good case” after EU competition commissioner Joaquim Almunia stated that he is “looking at the allegations very seriously.”
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