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Following extensive consultation, the CMA confirms proposed decision.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigated whether to designate Google as having strategic market status (SMS) in respect of its provision of general search and search advertising services.
Investigation to determine if Google has strategic market status in search and search advertising activities and whether these services are delivering good outcomes for people and businesses in the UK.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is today proposing to designate Google with 'strategic market status' (SMS) in general search and search advertising.
Real time data is essential for policymakers to adapt to a rapidly evolving situation like the COVID-19 pandemic.
Proposed decision report: SMS investigation into Google’s general search and search advertising services.
GOV.UK site search is the search engine for GOV.UK. It enables users to search for information and services on GOV.UK by entering a search query to view results that are relevant to their query.
This paper finds that online search frequencies about a country significantly correlate with macroeconomic variables, conditional on other covariates.
Invitation to Comment on the Strategic Market Status (SMS) investigation into Google’s general search and search advertising services.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) investigated Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies (TPCs) on Chrome and replace TPCs functionality with a range of ‘Privacy Sandbox’ tools.
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