FairSearch, a group of businesses and organizations, said it had filed a complaint with the Commission, charging that Google wanted Android operators to use its leading applications such as Maps or YouTube.
Google: Privacy Policy Respects Law
Google has repeatedly maintained that its privacy policy respects European law, although earlier this month Google agreed to pay a $7 million fine in the United States for stealthily collecting data from private Wi-Fi hotspots via a mapping service.
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told the New York Times on Tuesday that Google was due to receive proposals this week as part of the probe into possible abuses in its search business.
Almunia did not comment on the new complaint, but said of the company generally: "What is clear in our view is the market dominance of Google. This is obvious."
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission in February said it lacked a legal basis to bring a similar case against Google, but said it had won commitments from the company to end the "most troubling" practices.
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