Here’s What Google Will Look Like in Europe Now

The proposed agreement with the EU covers search labeling and scraping, as expected.
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EU Says It Will Market-Test Google’s Antitrust Proposal

Google has submitted a set of formal commitments in response to antitrust concerns about its search business, said European Commission competition head Joaquin Almunia. The next step is for the EU to “market-test” the proposal with the goal of setting legally binding commitments, reports Bloomberg. Both of those steps would be beyond what the U.S. FTC did, but it’s the substance that matters.

EU Wants Google to Stop Ignoring Its Privacy Policy Complaints

“Google has not implemented any significant compliance measures,” say European regulators who have been complaining about its unified privacy policy for a year now.
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EU Probes iPhone Contracts

The European Union acknowledged that it is looking into complaints from some telecoms operators that Apple Inc.’s terms for carrying the iPhone are anticompetitive, but said the matter isn’t formal and competition in the smartphone market is strong.

Apple’s Warranty Practices Still Not Good Enough for Europe

Apple’s battle over product warranty disclosures in Italy is beginning to spill over into the rest of the European Union.
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Dear Brussels, You Are Fighting Last Century’s Battles

Why do European regulators spend so much time policing an aging desktop monopoly when the rest of the world has gone mobile?
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EU May Fine Microsoft Over Browser Ballot Bungle

Sorry is never enough.
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European Decision on Google Antitrust Pushed to the End of Summer (Or Later)

Thought that whole Google antitrust brouhaha was over? It’s really not.
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EU Regulators Weigh New Google Crackdown

Privacy regulators from France and other European Union countries have proposed a coordinated crackdown before summer on Google Inc.’s privacy practices, escalating European efforts to reshape how global companies treat user data.

Apple to End Mac Pro Sales in Europe — For the Time Being

Apple’s pro desktop falls out of compliance with EU regulatory standards.
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