Google search dominance has businesses paying for their name

Read on for a look at the data that users share while using a Google service or app on an Android smartphone and what they can do about it.

Google controls many of the ways businesses access customers online in the US, making it almost impossible to run a company without buying advertising from the Internet giant. 

As politicians increase scrutiny of large technology companies, Google’s lock on these digital relationships is becoming a potential liability, not just a lucrative advantage praised each quarter by Wall Street analysts.