Privacy International response to European Commission approval of the Google-Doubleclick merger
11/03/2008
Privacy International today expressed dismay and disbelief at the EC's unconditional approval of the Google-Doubleclick merger. PI's Director, Simon Davies, said "This single reprehensible action by the Commission represents this decade's greatest threat to online privacy. The EU will rue the day that it allowed a near monopoly market to be controlled by this company. Online privacy will now be a hostage to fortune, inevitably suffering death from a thousand cuts".
To learn more about privacy concerns related to Google’s acquisition of DoubleClick and to see how others are voicing their concerns, visit these websites: EPIC, Center for Digital Democracy, Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace and GoogleWatch.
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