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...
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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...
EU Files Antitrust “Statement Of Objections” Against Google On Shopping Search, Also Tar
As expected, the European Commission has filed a “Statement of Objections” against Google. These are formal antitrust charges against the...
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 control...
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 Co
EU digital czar Günther Oettinger is signaling that he wants to make a series of moves to level the digital playing field for European...
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...
Have We Reached “Peak Android”?
Just as Google’s US search market share seems to have topped out at about 67 percent, Android’s global market share may also have peaked...
German Regulator Orders Google To Make Privacy Changes
In another blow to Google’s privacy policy in Europe, the German data-protection regulator Johannes Caspar is ordering the company to...
Russia Moves To Censor Google, Facebook, Twitter
Under Vladimir Putin Russia has taken many steps backward toward its repressive, Cold War past. It’s apparently taking another by...
EU Seeking Numerous Google Privacy Disclosures, Policy Changes
According to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which...
German Court Orders Google To Do Better Customer Service
A court in Berlin Germany has ordered Google to “stop ignoring customer emails and start offering a way to communicate with the company.”...
Google’s Eric Schmidt Visits Cuba With Entourage To Promote Open Internet
Reuters. The blog/online newspaper 14ymedio.com is the original source of the story. There were no official statements by Google or the...
Google Fined For “Non-Cooperation” In Indian Antitrust Inquiry
settled its investigation of Google without any significant penalty or restrictions. More recently, the long European antitrust inquiry...
Court Tells Google It Must Admit Privacy Penalty On Google France Home Page
imposition of a fine by the French National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) for violating consumer privacy, Google...
Google Tries To Block Shaming Privacy Notification In France
was fined for violating French privacy rules with its “unified” privacy policy. The French National Commission for Computing and Civil...
The “Real Reason” Google Sold Motorola To Lenovo
later confirmation of the $2.91 billion sale of Google’s Motorola hardware unit to Lenovo there were many theories presented about why...
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