November 14, 2019 1 min read

CFA and Other Groups Urge the FTC to Block Google/Fitbit Merger

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In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, consumer and privacy groups urged the agency to block Google’s proposed acquisition of Fitbit, citing concerns about Google’s monopoly power over Internet-based services, the highly sensitive nature of the personal information Fitbit collects about users, and the dramatic erosion of consumer privacy that could result from the merger.

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