Google faces Italy competition probe over 'misleading and aggressive' pursuit of user data
Google faces an antitrust probe in Italy over potential “misleading and aggressive” commercial practices.
Google faces an antitrust probe in Italy over potential “misleading and aggressive” commercial practices – the latest in an escalating series of competition inquiries targeting the Big Tech giant in the US and Europe.
Italy’s competition authority said its probe is focused on the consent requests that Google sends to users regarding their data. The requests “appear to provide no relevant information” on the “real effect that consent has on Google’s user of personal data.”