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The European Commission is turning Google Search into a privacy and national-security risk

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The European Commission is preparing to compel Google to stream search data to third-party companies through an automated API.

The European Commission is turning Google Search into a privacy and national-security risk Apr 26, 2026 10 7 Share The European Commission is preparing to compel Google to stream search data to third-party companies through an automated API. It is doing this under the Digital Markets Act, a regulation with a sound goal of improving competition in digital markets. But this specific proposal would have the effect of exposing the EU users’ individual Google search queries to unspecified companies that users have no knowledge of, or control over . Unless the EC corrects the proposal, it will amoun

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