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• On Wednesday, lawmakers questioned four tech CEOs about the market power of their companies. The nearly six-hour hearing was conducted by the House Judiciary Committee as part of an investigation into the potential anticompetitive behavior of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.

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• 否认 — Google

  Google dismissed the claims as “factually wrong,” saying the G Suite for Education package allows schools to control account access and requires that schools obtain parental consent when necessary.

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• The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque claims Google is using its education services package that is marketed to school districts, teachers and parents as a way to spy on children and their families.

• New Mexico’s attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws.

• In the lawsuit filed Thursday, New Mexico accuses Google of misleading schools and teachers in its marketing materials about the service, saying in part that the materials don’t properly disclose that the service monitors students’ web browsing activities.

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• Parker along with Georgetown University Law Center’s Civil Rights Clinic filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Thursday against YouTube and Google for deceptive practices on its platform.

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• 整改 — Google

  We fixed the underlying issue

• 道歉 — Google

  The search and advertising giant has since apologized.

• 持续披露 — Google

  We are notifying people about a bug that may have affected users who used Google Takeout to export their Google Photos content between November 21 and November 25

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• Google has admitted that a small percentage of their Google Photos users had their private videos sent to the accounts of complete strangers by Google themselves.

• The issue was fixed within five days, and less than 0.01 per cent of users who used the Takeout Service were affected

• A technical issue, as Google states, is what was affecting their Takeout Service, which lets people download their Google Photos data, and caused the unplanned sharing of the videos between 21 November and 25 November last year

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• 澄清 — Google

  Google “will co-operate fully with the office of the Data Protection Commission in its inquiry, and continue to work closely with regulators and consumer associations across Europe,” the company said in a statement.

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• The commission opened an investigation into Google’s Irish subsidiary to determine whether the U.S. search giant “has a legal basis for processing the location data of its users” and whether it meets transparency obligations under the EU’s strict General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR.

• Google stressed that it hasn't made any changes yet and it's collaborating with the industry to come up with the best solution.

• The Competition and Markets Authority said it opened a formal investigation into Google's proposals to remove so-called third-party cookies from its popular Chrome browser and Chromium browser engine.

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• Sweden’s Data Protection Authority has fined internet giant Google 75 million Swedish Kroner (U.S. $7.6 million) for its failure to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• 7月13日，据彭博社报道，Google将被法国处以5.93亿美元的罚款，因为Google未能遵守一项命令，即与出版商就在其平台上使用出版商新闻内容达成公平协议。

• Google now intends to appeal the said KFTC decision, reports noted.

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• Ubisoft has now sued both companies in the federal court at Los Angeles and will try to force them to remove the game from their platforms.

• "Virtually every aspect of AF2 is copied from R6S, from the operator selection screen to the final scoring screen, and everything in between."

• Since the companies aren't taking the game down, it decided to take legal action against them.

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• 澄清 — Google

  谷歌表示：“我们永远不会向任何人出售个人信息，Fitbit的健康数据也不会用于谷歌广告。我们会上Fitbit的用户拥有自由选择查看、移动或删除他们私人数据的权力。”

• 澄清 — Google

  對此，Google發言人表示，這次收購的重點不在於獲取用戶數據，而是Google想要提升裝置方面的技術，Google不會利用Fitbit的用戶資料獲取廣告收入或增強資料庫。

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• 谷歌表示：“我们永远不会向任何人出售个人信息，Fitbit的健康数据也不会用于谷歌广告。我们会上Fitbit的用户拥有自由选择查看、移动或删除他们私人数据的权力。”

• 欧洲消费者组织BEUC于周三表示， 谷歌斥资21亿美元收购健身追踪器公司Fitbit可能会损害消费者利益、同时阻碍创新。此外，BEUC称这笔交易改变了数字健康市场的游戏规则。

• BEUC在一份报告中称：“如果谷歌获得了那些使用Fitbit可穿戴设备产生的消费者数据，包括现在与COVID-19相关的数据，它就能够利用这些数据为自身谋取利益、同时削弱其他公司向消费者推出新产品的能力。

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• 整改 — 谷歌

  在上个月接到了研究人员的提醒之后，他们已经从Chrome Web Store中移除了超过70个存在此恶意软件的扩展程序。

• 整改 — Google

  谷歌表示，上个月收到研究人员的警告后，已从谷歌网上应用商店中删除了70多个恶意加载项。

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• 北京时间6月18日下午消息，据外媒报道，Awake Security的研究人员表示，他们在谷歌的Chrome浏览器的扩展程序中发现了一个间谍软件，含有这个间谍软件的扩展程序已经被下载了3200万次。

• 研究人员发现，如果有普通用户在家用电脑上使用带有恶意软件的浏览器，它会联系多个网站，然后传输用户信息。

• Alphabet旗下的谷歌表示，在上个月接到了研究人员的提醒之后，他们已经从Chrome Web Store中移除了超过70个存在此恶意软件的扩展程序。

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• 本周三8月5日，美国加州北区地方法院下达判决。勒万多斯基犯下一项盗窃谷歌商业机密的罪行，将被判处18个月监禁，缴纳9.5万美元罚款，并赔偿原谷歌无人车业务新成立的 Waymo 公司75.6万美元。

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• The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or ACCC filed a suit against Google LLC for allegedly misleading Australian consumers by collecting their personal data without proper consent mainly for targeted advertising.

• Australian regulator sues Google for misleading about personal data use

• In a statement, the Australian regulatory commission said it has launched Federal Court proceedings against Google.

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• Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder and tech entrepreneur, filed a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday over a YouTube scam that allegedly used his name and likeness to convince viewers to send cryptocurrency during a fake bitcoin giveaway event.

• Wozniak filed the suit with 17 other alleged victims saying that YouTube and Google repeatedly ignored requests to take down the scam video.

• The suit also represents 17 alleged victims of the bitcoin scam

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• 否认 — 谷歌

  我们的技术和设备都是独立设计的。我们坚决否认他们的说法，并将辩护对抗他们。

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• Richman Technology filed complaints on Tuesday in the Western District of Texas against Google and Samsung for patent infringement, alleging that the defendants participated in infringement through their security systems’ features and functionality.

• 据外媒theVerge报道，Sonos对谷歌提起了另一项专利诉讼，该公司指控这家搜索巨头侵犯了Nest和Chromecast整个系列产品的5项无线音频专利。

• 我们的技术和设备都是独立设计的。我们坚决否认他们的说法，并将辩护对抗他们。

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• 否认 — Google

  In a blog post, Google criticized the lawsuit as "meritless" and ignoring options the company's Android phones provided.

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• Epic Games on Wednesday expanded its worldwide legal fight against the dominant mobile app store operators with a new legal claim against Google in Australia. The claim accuses Google of “anti-competitive conduct breaches the Australian Consumer Law” and also accuses the search giant of violating the country’s Competition and Consumer Act of 2010.

• According to Google's lawsuit, that constituted a breach of contract since Epic Games wasn't paying the 30% revenue cut it contractually owed Google.

• The tech giant claims that Epic Games was "unjustly enriched" at its expense and is seeking compensation for how much it lost during that period.

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• 澄清 — Google

  In an email sent to employees on Friday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed news that the company had settled a shareholder lawsuit over allegations that the company's board mishandled sexual misconduct.

• 整改 — Alphabet

  The company will eliminate mandatory arbitration and limit Google's use of non-disclosure agreements while prohibiting Google from "providing severance to any employee, including a senior executive, terminated for sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, or retaliation."

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• In an email sent to employees on Friday, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai addressed news that the company had settled a shareholder lawsuit over allegations that the company's board mishandled sexual misconduct.

• The settlement requires Alphabet to amend its leadership charters for its Leadership Development and Compensation Committee — the committee that approved payouts to former Google executives Andy Rubin and Amit Singhal — to oversee data regarding reports and resolutions of claims of sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

• Alphabet has reached a settlement with shareholders in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct mishandling and cover-up by executives, including former chief legal officer David Drummond.

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• A court circuit magistrate in the Tagansky district of Moscow has found Google LLC guilty of committing an administrative offence and sentenced it to an administrative fine of 1.5 million rubles,

• A magistrates' court in Moscow has imposed a fine of 1.5 million rubles on Google LLC for a repeated violation related to the search engine's insufficient filtering of content banned in Russia.

• A magistrate court on Monday fined Google 1.5 million rubles ($20,300) for repeated violation of the obligationton to filter content banned in Russia, RAPSI was told in Moscow’s Tagansky District Court.

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• 澄清 — Google

  “As we clearly state each time you open a new incognito tab, websites might be able to collect information about your browsing activity,” he said.

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• (Source: Case 3:20-cv-04688 Document 1 Filed 07/14/20 Page 3 of 42)

• A class action lawsuit was filed against Google alleging that the tech giant has been violating its user’s privacy – even if that user has previously opted out.

• the lawsuit, filed in a US district court in San Jose on Tuesday against the tech giant and its parent firm, Alphabet.

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• 澄清 — Google

  Google said in an emailed statement.Reuters reported last week that such a data pledge may likely help Google secure EU approval for the deal.

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• The primary concern, as per the advocates, was that Google would use Fitbit's data to more effectively deploy ad targeting and further its dominance in the digital ads sector.

• Google has now made that commitment, leaving the EU's regulators until July 20 to accept or carry out a more thorough probe.

• "This deal is about devices, not data. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the European Commission on an approach that safeguards consumers' expectations that Fitbit device data won't be used for advertising," Google said in an emailed statement.

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• Italian regulators opened an investigation Wednesday into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country’s online ad market, adding to the global scrutiny that the Silicon Valley company is facing

• Italian regulators opened an investigation Wednesday into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country's online ad market, adding to the global scrutiny that the Silicon Valley company is facing.

• The Italian Competition Authority said it suspects the U.S. tech giant of using the vast amounts of data it collects through its various services to prevent rivals in the digital advertising market from competing effectively.

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• 包括资深科学家玛格丽特·米切尔在内的四位研究人员说，他们认为谷歌正在开始干扰对潜在技术危害的重要研究。

• 根据内部沟通和对其研究人员的采访显示，谷歌今年采取行动，通过启动 "敏感话题 "审查来加强对其科学家论文的控制，并在至少三个案例中要求作者不要将其技术置于负面的角度。