Germany's Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, opened an investigation into Google over its handling of user data, Reuters reports. The competition regulator is examining whether Google provides sufficient choices in how it uses data across the company's various digital services. Google Spokesman Ralf Bremer indicated the company would cooperate in the investigation. Editor's note: Baker & Hostetler's Jeewon Kim Serrato, CIPP/US, Ann O'Brien and Alyse Stach wrote about the growing overlap between privacy and antitrust.
German regulator probing Google's data use
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