Google has quite big problems in Europe at the moment, and this is because an investigation by the European Commission was started by the authorities, with the aim of analyzing the practices that the Americans have at the moment. More precisely, we are talking about an investigation that is being carried out due to complaints made against those from Google for alleged non-competitive practices, the Americans having enough enemies on the continent.
Google has confirmed a preliminary investigation by the European Commission regarding the way the American company collects the data it uses for the services it offers to citizens of the European Union. We are talking here about the way Google Search results are displayed, the way advertisements are displayed, information collected for logging into various Google services, and not only that.
PROBLEMS for Google in Europe, INVESTIGATION of the European Commission
Google has almost the entire business investigated by the European Commission at the moment, and this puts a lot of pressure on the Americans because we are talking about many services that bring them tens of billions of dollars a year. Considering that we are talking about a preliminary investigation for the time being, no one knows if it will go further than that and it will reach one that will eventually bring sanctions for those from Mountain View.
EU antitrust authorities are investigating Google's data collection, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in the crosshairs despite record fines in recent years. The Commission sent questionnaires as part of a preliminary investigation into Google's practices regarding Google's collection and use of data. The preliminary investigation is ongoing.”
In recent years, Google has had fines of 8 billion euros imposed against it by the European Commission, so it knows very well what a fight with the authorities on the continent means, even if until they won nothing definitively. If this time too the conclusion of the European Commission will be reached that Google is incorrectly using the data collected from people, then it can be assumed that a new large fine will be imposed against it.
Google has not yet commented on the situation, and it doesn't really have a reason to, because until the European Commission starts an investigation in force, it has nothing to say about the attacks carried out by any of its competitors.
