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European Union doesn’t like Google’s privacy policy, tells Google to change it or face litigation
Earlier this year Google introduced a new one-policy-for-them-all privacy policy for all Google services. Essentially the new privacy policy consolidated all the privacy policies across Google’s various services into one single privacy policy, which allowed Google to pool user data across its different services. The European Union has now ordered [...]
Read More »EU is getting ready to sue Microsoft which could result in a fine as high as $7.4 billion
Remember that browser choice screen Microsoft promised to include in all EU-destined Windows PCs from 2009 onwards? That same browser choice screen Microsoft “accidentally” forgot to include in Windows 8 but has now promised to add it? Yeah, well, despite Microsoft’s assurance, EU regulators have finalized their probe into Microsoft [...]
Read More »Microsoft will add browser choice screen to Windows 8 to avoid EU rage
Back in July it was revealed that Microsoft is being investigated by European Regulators for failing to provide users with the now-famous ‘browser choice’ screen in Windows 8. Apparently Microsoft doesn’t want to go toe-to-toe with the EU because news is coming in that they have caved into European demands.[...]
Read More »Google under investigation by European Union, might change Android as part of settlement agreement
Since 2010 Google has been under investigation by the European Union’s Competition Commission for Google’s alleged anti-competitive behavior in regards to displaying search results and advertisements. It is reported Google is close to coming to a settlement agreement with the Competition Commission but there is a new twist to the [...]
Read More »EU expands Microsoft browser choice probe to include Windows 8
A few days back we reported how Microsoft is being investigated for not properly showing European users the browser selection screen on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 PCs. The saga continues with the European Unionexpanding its Microsoft probe to include Windows 8.
According to Reuters, some third parties allege [...]
Read More »Microsoft under the gun (again) for not properly giving users choice of browser in Windows
A few years ago Microsoft was under investigation by European Union’s antitrust regulators for bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. According to the regulators, bundling Internet Explorer with Windows made it harder for other browsers to gain traction in Windows and thus hurt competition. In 2009 Microsoft came to a settlement [...]
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