EU Worries About Privacy in Google Deal

Dec 17, 2007 By AOIFE WHITE, AP Business Writers

(AP) -- European lawmakers plan to take the unusual step of pressing antitrust regulators next month to look at privacy concerns raised by Google Inc.'s intended takeover of online ad tracker DoubleClick.



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