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The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MILAN, July 14 (Reuters) – Italy’s competition authority AGCM said on Thursday it had launched an investigation against Google (GOOGL.O)for suspected abuse of its dominant position in data portability, an accusation the Alphabet unit denied. The watchdog said in a statement that… Source link

Another strike against use of Google Analytics in Europe: The Italian data protection authority has found a local web publisher’s use of the popular analytics tool to be non-compliant with EU data protection rules owing to user data being transferred to the U.S. — a country that lacks an equivalent legal framework to protect the info from being accessed by US spooks. The Garante found the web publisher’s use of Google Analytics resulted in the collection of many types of user… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo ROME, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) 10 million euros ($11.23 million) each for “aggressive practices” linked to the commercial use of user data. The authority said in statement that the two tech groups did not provide “clear and immediate information” with regards to… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Italy’s Lega Serie A is seen in Milan, Italy, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Serie A said on Monday Google agreed to remove from its content platform some video apps illegally enabling users to watch live games as a part of a deal between Italy’s top flight soccer league and the web giant to curb online piracy. Serie A stepped up efforts to curb online piracy in recent years to protect the value of its TV rights, which made most… Source link

A logo of Italy’s Lega Serie A is seen in Milan, Italy, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo Serie A said on Monday Google (GOOGL.O) agreed to remove from its content platform some video apps illegally enabling users to watch live games as a part of a deal between Italy’s top flight soccer league and the web giant to curb online piracy. Serie A stepped up efforts to curb online piracy in recent years to protect the value of its TV rights, which made most of the revenue of… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A logo of Italy’s Lega Serie A is seen in Milan, Italy, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Serie A said on Monday Google agreed to remove from its content platform some video apps illegally enabling users to watch live games as a part of a deal between Italy’s top flight soccer league and the web giant to curb online piracy. Serie A stepped up efforts to curb online piracy in recent years to protect the value of its TV rights, which made most… Source link

Bloomberg The World Economy Is Suddenly Running Low on Everything (Bloomberg) — A year ago, as the pandemic ravaged country after country and economies shuddered, consumers were the ones panic-buying. Today, on the rebound, it’s companies furiously trying to stock up. Mattress producers to car manufacturers to aluminum foil makers are buying more material than they need to survive the breakneck speed at which demand for goods is recovering and assuage that primal fear of running out. The… Source link

The Italian antitrust authority said on Thursday that it imposed a fine of €102 million ($123 million) on Google for abuse of a dominant position through its Android mobile operating system and app store Google Play. “Google has a dominant position which allows it to control the reach app developers have on final users,” the regulator said in a statement. The ruling condemns the company for not allowing drivers of electric cars who need to recharge… Source link

FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – RCS Mediagroup has sealed a multi-year deal with Google to offer access to some of its dailies on the U.S. tech giant’s Showcase news platform, Corriere della Sera newspaper, owned by the Italian publisher, said on Wednesday. RCS publishes Italy’s leading newspaper Corriere della Sera, sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport and Spanish… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia new logo is seen at the headquarter in Rozzano neighbourhood of Milan, Italy, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Former Google executive Carlo d’Asaro Biondo has been appointed as Chief executive officer of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) newly-created cloud unit Noovle, Italy’s biggest phone group said on Monday. The creation of the new company is part of the former phone monopoly’s strategy to boost and diversify its revenues,… Source link