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ACCC could sink Google-Fitbit deal over lingering competition fears – Brisbane Times
‘We really don’t want the wearables market to end up in the same duopoly that effectively you’ve got in the phone market,’ ACCC chairman Rod Sims said.
Google had proposed a court enforceable undertaking in Australia that it would not use health data for advertising and allow competing businesses access to health and fitness data.
A similar undertaking from Google was accepted by the European Commission recently but Mr Sims said he was not satisfied such an undertaking could be effectively monitored and enforced in Australia.
“It’s very hard to police, you’ve got to be watching them all the time, you’ve got to have staff watching them all the time,”…
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