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EU regulators search suggestions on Google's Fitbit knowledge pledge

EU antitrust enforcers are asking events whether or not Google's pledge to not use health tracker maker Fitbit's well being knowledge for its promoting, and to separate the dataset from its personal, would possibly ease issues over their tie up.
EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google's pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit's health data for its advertising, and to separate the dataset from its own, might ease concerns over their tie up.

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  6. "Alphabet Inc's Google has offered not to use health data of fitness tracker company Fitbit to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns about its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition, the U.S. tech company said late on Monday". (July 14, 2020)
  7. "EU antitrust regulators have sought information from advertisers regarding Google's advertising technology practices, a European Commission document seen by Reuters shows". (January 20, 2021)
  8. "Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms were hit with fresh privacy complaints to national watchdogs in six EU countries on Thursday over the way they sell ads to potential advertisers through a bidding process". (December 10, 2020)
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  10. "Europe's antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple Inc to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker's privacy changes that have drawn charges of anti-competitive practices from rival Facebook Inc". (February 8, 2021)
  11. "Google will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation into its planned $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit unless it offers concessions to address competition concerns, people familiar with the matter said". (July 9, 2020)
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