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​​DoubleClick, WhatsApp deals are a reminder not to trust Google, Facebook with data, Sims says

By James Panichi ( November 19, 2019, 02:18 GMT | Insight) -- Google’s 2008 acquisition of DoubleClick and Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp should serve as a reminder that any assurances Google may offer on how it would use the data of smart-watch maker Fitbit can’t be believed, according to Australia’s top competition enforcer. In a speech delivered in Melbourne today, Rod Sims said that Google’s decision to go back on its promise not to use DoubleClick data to serve its advertising business and Facebook’s decision to link WhatsApp users’ phone numbers with Facebook identities just two years after promising not to do so had created uncertainty for consumers.Google’s 2008 acquisition of DoubleClick and Facebook’s 2014 acquisition of WhatsApp should serve as a reminder that any assurances Google may offer on how it would use the data of smart-watch maker Fitbit can’t be believed, according to Australia’s top competition enforcer....

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