Although Google escaped relatively unscathed from a U.S.antitrust investigation into its business practices by the FTC, Europe may bring a less favorable result for the dominant search engine, based on comments by the EU competition commissioner.
The EU Competition Commissioner last week said that he wants to resolve the antitrust probe, which began in November 2010, over claims that Google discriminates against rival businesses, rather than pursue an enforcement action.
Many of the complaints they’ve filed with the Irish Data Protection Commissioner* involve Facebook’s continued storage of data users believe they have deleted. Facebook’s chief objections is that Facebook offers “no sufficient way of deleting old...
According to a Google spokesperson, Google "received a letter from the Commissioner of Police regarding Street View. They (Google) said they had the necessary clearances, including that from the ministry of defence, but so far they have not...
