Google’s Fitbit acquisition under scrutiny from the EU regulator
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Google’s Fitbit acquisition under scrutiny from the EU regulator

EU antitrust regulators are increasing their scrutiny of Google’s planned acquisition of fitness tracker firm Fitbit. Google announced it was buying Fitbit last year for $2.1 billion and said it hoped to complete the deal sometime in 2020. But the acquisition may be delayed over fears about the search giant’s increased access to sensitive data from Fitbit’s hardware, including users’ heart rates, their fitness activity, and their sleep patterns

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