Sources: CNN
Apple and Google reject an update by the National Health Service to their contact tracing app because it breaches their privacy rules. 2021-04-12
New Mexican Attorney General Hector Balderas sues Google for allegedly collecting private information of the state's schoolchildren without parental consent. 2020-02-20
The European Parliament approves two revisions to the controversial Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. One resolution includes new requirements aimed at making companies pay licensing fees to publications such as newspapers whose work gets aggregated by online services. The second revision makes online platforms such as Google, Facebook and YouTube liable for the content posted on their services, meaning that all content providers must get permission from rights holders before uploading copyrighted material of any kind. 2019-03-26
A lawsuit brought against Google by Oracle Corporation accusing Google of using copyrighted code for the Android operating system is decided in Google's favor. 2016-05-26
The Chinese government blocks some of Google's Gmail services. 2014-12-29
Google+, the social network service developed by search engine giant Google, is released to the general public. 2011-09-21
Google announces a proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. 2011-08-15
Microsoft lodged an antitrust complaint against Google with the European Commission. 2011-04-1
Google agrees with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to have an independent privacy audit every couple of years as a result of problems with the Google Buzz social network. 2011-03-31
China denies it is disrupting access to Google's email service in the country. 2011-03-22