Google to share search data to rivals, but not required to sell Chrome; big tech concerned over user privacy

In a rare win for Google in the monopoly case, a US judge ruled on Tuesday that the big tech won’t have to sell its Chrome browser but ordered Google to share data with rivals to open up competition in online search.

Rejecting the government’s demand that Google sell its Chrome web browser as part of a major antitrust case, the judge ordered that to resolve Google’s monopoly in search, the company must make available to “qualified competitors” search index data and user interaction information that rivals can use to improve their services.

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