The European Commission, the EU policy enforcement agency, has still fined Google over 8 billion euros for violations of antitrust laws related to Android or antitrust laws in search results. However, the sum of fines may increase further.
The European Commission said it has begun a preliminary investigation into the practices of Google data collection. It is said that it is monitoring how Google uses the data it collects and makes money through it. Although the details are not disclosed, it is said that it targets all of Google’s major businesses, such as local search and targeted advertisements, login services, and web browsers.
Google explained that data collection is used to improve services and provides users with control tools to manage and remove data. I don’t know in detail what the EU is facing, but if something is flawed, it can be seen that the prosecution will follow the same trend as so far. The flow of strict regulations on large IT companies like Google is not limited to the EU. There are reports that the United States has also started investigating major domestic IT companies on charges of violating antitrust laws. Related information can be found here .