EU launching deep probe into Google?s planned $2.1 billion Fitbit buy
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Regulators in the European Union are launching a deep investigation into Google's proposed acquisition of wearables maker Fitbit after expressing concerns that giving Google access to Fitbit's user data could "distort competition."The Commission's in-depth investigation will examine not only the potential outcomes for the advertising market if the transaction goes through, but it will also look at the effects of the deal on the digital healthcare sector and the potential for Google to lock competitors out of access to Android users. If the preliminary investigation does reveal the potential for harms, however, then regulators move to a phase two probe.Following the phase one investigation, the competition bureau demanded concessions from Google in the acquisition.
As said here by Kate Cox