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Google Avoids Chrome Divestiture as Judge Orders Sweeping Data Sharing and Rival Access

The remedy prioritizes data access to jump-start rival services under oversight from a court-appointed technical committee.

Dans cette photo d’illustration, des logos de Google Chrome sont affichés sur un écran de téléphone, le 21 novembre 2024 à Austin, au Texas.
Google a déjà annoncé son intention de faire appel.
Google, également sanctionné pour des manquements en matière de publicité, s’est vu infliger une amende de 325 millions d’euros, mercredi 3 septembre.
Malgré sa condamnation, Google n’aura pas à céder son navigateur Chrome.

Overview

  • U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected the Justice Department’s bid to force a sale of Chrome and declined to ban default-search payment deals outright, citing potential harm to partners and consumers.
  • Google must provide search index data and certain user‑interaction information to qualified competitors and supply search results to rivals in defined cases for up to five years, with restrictions extending to exclusive arrangements in generative AI.
  • The court set a rapid timetable with consultations due by September 10 and measures becoming effective 60 days after the final judgment under technical committee supervision.
  • Google said it will appeal and raised privacy concerns about mandated data sharing, while Alphabet shares rose more than 7% after hours and Apple gained over 3%.
  • A separate San Francisco jury ordered Google to pay about $425.7 million for unlawfully collecting user data despite disabled settings, as France’s CNIL levied a €325 million fine and a Virginia ad-tech case remains pending.