Europe wants to investigate Google\'s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit\, hot off CEO Sundar Pichai\'s congressional grilling

Europe wants to investigate Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, hot off CEO Sundar Pichai's congressional grilling

Business Insider Thursday, 30 July 2020 ()
Europe wants to investigate Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, hot off CEO Sundar Pichai's congressional grilling· Google will face a full EU inquisition over its floated $2.1 billion purchase of fitness wearables maker Fitbit, Reuters reports.
· Regulators in Europe worry that Google will use its acquisition to hoover up even more personal data on users and use it to inform targeted ads.
· Google has denied this is the case.
· The...
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