European Union News

Phorm Whips Up Privacy Storm

5th May 2009

The new online technology used by Phorm has created quite a stir and has upset advocates of user privacy. All the negative publicity has the company up in arms and representative for Phorm (who has requested not to be named!) has replied to our original post. His feedback has been shared here. More »

EU And Search Engines Battle Over Privacy Laws

18th December 2008

It is a well known fact that search engines retain data regarding the searches conducted by their clients for a long period of time. While they may have their reasons for doing so, the EU has taken objection to this practice, as it affects the privacy of users. More »

Google’s Plans For DoubleClick

17th March 2008

European antitrust legislators have cleared Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick on 11th March 2008. The online ad serving and management technology provider will now officially become part of the Google empire for the price of $3.1 billion in cash. More »

EU Does Microsoft, Yahoo! A Favour

14th November 2007

European Union legislators will launch an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of online display advertising company DoubleClick by the search giant, Google. They have concerns that the merger could result in Google unfairly monopolising the online advertising industry and thwarting competition. More »