Italy closes Google probe over unfair use of personal data after remedies adopted


FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's competition authority said on Friday it had closed a probe it had launched last year over Google's alleged unfair commercial practices in the use of personal data after the online search giant adopted remedies.

In July 2024 the authority opened an investigation as the request Google sent its users for consent to connect to its services "could constitute a misleading and aggressive commercial practice", and that the information it provided was "incomplete and misleading".

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