Italian Regulatory Body Approves Google’s Promises to Resolve Data Dispute
Italy’s competition watchdog, AGCM, announced on Monday that it has approved the commitments put forth by Google to resolve a case concerning the company’s alleged misuse of its dominant position in the market for user data portability. The regulator launched an investigation last year following a complaint by Italian startup Hoda, which accused Google of violating the US company’s users’ right to share their personal data with other digital service platforms. In response to the probe, Google proposed some changes to its data backup service to improve users’ ability to…
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