Google data collection set to be investigated by EU
Antitrust regulators are taking a closer look at how companies use and monetize data
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The European Commission has revealed toReutersthat EU antitrust regulators are currently investigatingGoogle’s collection of data despite the fact that the search giant has already receivedrecord finesin the EU.
An EU executive said that antitrust regulators are seeking more information on how and whyGoogleis collecting data. In an email toReuters, the EU regulator explained that the European Commission has already begun a preliminary investigation into the company, saying:
“The Commission has sent out questionnaires as part of a preliminary investigation into Google’s practices relating to Google’s collection and use of data. The preliminary investigation is ongoing.”
Data collection
According to a document seen byReuters, the EU’s focus in its preliminary investigation is related to data collected and used in local search services, online advertising, online ad targeting services, login services, web browsers and more.
Over the last two years, European Competition CommissionerMargrethe Vestagerhas fined Google multiple times to the amount of over eight billion euros and she has even ordered the company to change its business practices.
Google has responded to these fines and other allegations by saying it uses data to improve its services and users have the ability to manage, delete or transfer data collected about them at any time.
Regulators in the US and the EU are currently looking into how tech giants use and monetize data, so we will likely see other large tech companies being investigated in the same way that the European Commission is planning to do with Google.
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