Germany closes Meta case after data measures agreedGermany's antitrust watchdog said on Thursday that Meta had taken measures that give users greater control over how their data get used on ...
10 Oct, 2024, 05.26 PM IST
Germany approves stake purchase by Bosch, Infineon and NXP in TSMC chip plantThe companies would each acquire 10% of shares in the European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC), founded by TSMC, said the German...
07 Nov, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Google changes user data practices to end German antitrust probeThe German antitrust watchdog in January issued a charge sheet known as a statement of objections to Google over its data processing terms,...
05 Oct, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
Meta loses as top EU court backs antitrust regulators over privacy breach checksAntitrust authorities overseeing firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms are entitled to also assess privacy breaches, Europe's top cou...
04 Jul, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
German antitrust watchdog can add privacy breaches to Meta probe, EU court saysThe case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerns a 2019 German cartel office order to Meta to st...
04 Jul, 2023, 02.14 PM IST
German cartel office: some Google Automotive Services practices anti-competitiveGermany's cartel office said on Wednesday that a number of Google's practices in connection with Google Automotive Services are anti-compet...
21 Jun, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Meta plans new overview for Facebook, Instagram users: German regulatorMeta's accounts centre will allow users to make "a largely free and informed decision" about whether they want to use accounts such as Inst...
08 Jun, 2023, 10.00 AM IST
German competition watchdog steps up monitoring of AppleApple joins Amazon, Google parent Alphabet and Meta, the group behind Facebook, in falling under reinforced monitoring made possible by the...
05 Apr, 2023, 03.57 PM IST
German cartel office initiates proceedings against PayPalSubject of the proceedings were PayPal's rules for extra charges and the presentation of PayPal in the terms of use for Germany, the watchd...
23 Jan, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
German cartel office ends proceedings against Google News ShowcaseThe office said Google had abandoned plans to integrate the Google News Showcase into general searches and changed its contractual practice...
21 Dec, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
German regulator stays vigilant as Meta changes VR headset rulesFacebook's parent company Meta Platforms has responded to the German cartel office's concerns by allowing the use of its virtual reality he...
23 Nov, 2022, 10.08 PM IST
Germany opens anti-cartel probe into Google MapsAndreas Mundt, president of the watchdog, said it had reason to believe that Google "may be restricting the combination of its own map serv...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
Apple faces an antitrust complaint from German business groups over its privacy settingsApple rejected their arguments, saying the new privacy framework to be contained in its iOS 14 software strongly upheld personal privacy, w...
27 Apr, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
Bharat Forge subsidiaries fined €32 million by German competition regulatorThe investigations pertained to the period between 2004 and 2018 and were initiated by the FCO against several companies in Germany, Bharat...
23 Dec, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
Internet giants remain on watchlist, German regulator warnsThe German authority has been tackling the importance of big internet platforms, Mundt said as he presented the regulator’s 2017 report.
29 Aug, 2018, 08.24 AM IST
- Mining giants to drop Australian iron ore merger: report
Anglo-Australian mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are to scrap a proposed merger to combine iron ore operations in western Australi...
17 Oct, 2010, 06.42 PM IST
- Aspirin maker Bayer denies alleged price fixing
Aspirin maker denies allegations of fixing price for a product with thousands of German pharmacists.
10 Oct, 2007, 09.04 PM IST