Full Text of Complaint Filed with FTC Re: Google / DoubleClick Acquistion

Full Text of Complaint Filed with FTC Re: Google / DoubleClick Acquisition
11 pages; PDF. Filed on April 19, 2007. The filing can also be accessed here.

See Also: News Analysis: Microsoft General Counsel on DoubleClick and Antitrust (via Searchblog)

See Also: Google draws privacy complaint to FTC (via News.com)

The Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), along with the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) and the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG), are asking the FTC to stop the $3.1 billion merger until the trade commission investigates Google’s data collection and storage practices, orders DoubleClick to sweep out its data storehouse and requires the search giant to offer a public plan for safeguarding consumer privacy.

Sources: News.com; Center for Digital Democracy (CDD)

See also: How Google-DoubleClick is Exploiting Antitrust Law’s Weak Underbelly to Dominate Internet Advertising Going Forward

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