[governance] European Commission on Google Investigation Was Google Survives US FTC Probe #FTC #EC #Google #competition

[Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro]

Dear All,

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:

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom

The concerns are in relation to the competition concerns raised by the EC
and they include:-

   -

   the way in which Google's vertical search services are displayed within
   general search results as compared to services of competitors;
   -

    the way Google may use and display third party content on its vertical
   search services;
   -

    exclusivity agreements for the delivery of Google search advertisements
   on other websites; and
   -

    restrictions in the portability of AdWords advertising campaigns.

To see the Press Release, visit:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-967_en.htm#PR_metaPressRelease_bottom

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.


Thank you.


Kind Regards,

Sala

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> "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.
>
> See:http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/01/google.shtm
>
> To see report by BBC, visit:
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20899032
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> --
> Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
> P.O. Box 17862
> Suva
> Fiji
>
> Twitter: @SalanietaT
> Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
> Tel: +679 3544828
> Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
>
>
>
>


-- 
Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala
P.O. Box 17862
Suva
Fiji

Twitter: @SalanietaT
Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro
Tel: +679 3544828
Fiji Cell: +679 998 2851
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