German Data Protection Commissioner Opposes Google-DoubleClick Deal
German official says ‘nein’ to Google-DoubleClick deal from News.com reports that Germany’s data protection commissioner has come out against the Google / DoubleClick acquisition. Thilo Weichert, the German official, said the deal would “lead to a massive violation of data privacy rights.” He wrote a letter to the European Commissioner for Competition saying that search […]
Barry Schwartz on October 2, 2007 at 8:55 am | Reading time: 1 minute
German official says ‘nein’ to Google-DoubleClick deal from News.com reports that Germany’s data protection commissioner has come out against the Google / DoubleClick acquisition.
Thilo Weichert, the German official, said the deal would “lead to a massive violation of data privacy rights.” He wrote a letter to the European Commissioner for Competition saying that search engines already violate “informational self-determination” by retaining data as long as they do.
To track the coverage of the Google/DoubleClick acquisition and opposition, scan our Google Acquisitions category.
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Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.
In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
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In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the "US Search Personality Of The Year," you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O'Clock.
Barry can be followed on X here and you can learn more about Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.