DuckDuckGo Urges EU to Expand Google Compliance Investigations

The search engine claims Google is circumventing key Digital Markets Act obligations and calls for formal probes into alleged non-compliance.

DuckDuckGo has called on the European Commission to open three additional investigations into Google's adherence to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The privacy-focused search engine accuses Google of providing an unhelpfully narrow dataset to competitors under the guise of privacy, excluding 99% of search queries.
DuckDuckGo also alleges Google has failed to meet DMA requirements for allowing users to easily switch default search engines and browsers.
The DMA, enacted in 2022, mandates fair competition practices for major tech companies, with fines for non-compliance reaching up to 10% of global annual turnover.
Google asserts it has made significant changes to comply with the DMA, emphasizing user data protection, but critics argue these efforts fall short of the law's intent.