Data harvesting company takeovers worry regulators

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Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager concerned after Goolge's Fitbit buy.

Data harvesting company takeovers worry regulators
The acquisition of companies for their data is concerning in general for regulators, Europe's antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday, a week after Google bought fitness trackers company Fitbit . Alphabet Inc-owned Google paid US$2.1 billion (£1.6 billion) for Fitbit to help it ...

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