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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9585

23 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Data protection should not be sacrificed on altar of Google-doubleclick merger

Brussels, 22/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The buyout of DoubleClick, the online advertising company, by Google, the famous search engine, is provoking a number of fears about data protection that go beyond those involving a simple competition issue. This is the main observation made at a public hearing on Monday 21 January at the European Parliament, which brought together the actors, business leaders, consumer representatives and institutions affected by this case. In May 2007, Google paid...

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