European antitrust chief takes a swipe at issue of privacy
Munich
MARGRETHE VESTAGER, the European Union's antitrust chief, warned on Sunday that the collection of a vast amount of users' data by a small number of tech companies like Google and Facebook could be in violation of the region's tough competition rules.
Ms Vestager's comments are the latest in a growing chorus of European criticism about the privacy practices of US tech giants, many of which rely on crunching data on people's social media posts, online search queries and e-commerce purchases to fuel their digital advertising businesses.
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