Dear All,<br><br>On 18th December, 2012 the Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy met with Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt in relation to coming into an Agreement based on Article 9 of the EU Anti Trust Regulation. You can see the Press Release here: <br>
<br><a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom</a><br><br>The concerns are in relation to the competition concerns raised by the EC and they include:-<br>
<ul class="A__WW8Num12_1"><li><p class="A_Standard_Tiret_20_1">the way
in which Google's vertical search services are displayed within general
search results as compared to services of competitors; </p>
</li><li><p class="A_Standard_Tiret_20_1"> the way Google may use and display third party content on its vertical search services;</p>
</li><li><p class="A_Standard_Tiret_20_1"> exclusivity agreements for the delivery of Google search advertisements on other websites; and</p>
</li><li><p class="A_Standard_Tiret_20_1"> restrictions in the portability of AdWords advertising campaigns.</p></li></ul><p>To see the Press Release, visit: <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom">http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom</a></p>
<p>It will be interesting to see the detailed commitment text by Google this month and I would be grateful if anyone has any knowledge about this that they could share.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you.</p><p><br></p><p>Kind Regards,</p>
<p>Sala<br></p><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br><br>"The US Federal Trade Commission has announced it has closed its
investigation into Google after an exhaustive 19-month review that
covered millions of pages of documents and involved many hours of
testimony. <br><br>See:<a href="http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm" target="_blank">http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm</a><br><br>To see report by BBC, visit: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20899032" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20899032</a><br>
<br>Kind Regards,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div>Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala</div><div>P.O. Box 17862</div><div>Suva</div><div>Fiji</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: @SalanietaT</div>
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